JLPT N4 · い-adjective

優しい (yasashii)

優しい (やさしい, yasashii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “tender; kind”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: やさしい
Romaji: yasashii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate · い-adjective

Example sentences

彼の優しい言葉で彼女の気持ちが和らいだ。

She melted at his kind words.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 優しい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	優しい	やさしい yasashii
Negative	優しくない	やさしくない yasashikunai
Past	優しかった	やさしかった yasashikatta
Negative past	優しくなかった	やさしくなかった yasashikunakatta
Te-form	優しくて	やさしくて yasashikute
Adverb (~ku)	優しく	やさしく yasashiku
Conditional (~ba)	優しければ	やさしければ yasashikereba

Kanji in 優しい

優

tenderness, excel, surpassユウ・ウ・やさ.しい・すぐ.れる · 17 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 優しい.

女優じょゆうactress優秀ゆうしゅうsuperior優勝ゆうしょうoverall victory俳優はいゆうactor優れるすぐれるto be better (than)優ゆうExcellent (grade)優位ゆういpredominance優勢ゆうせいsuperiority優先ゆうせんpreference優美ゆうびgrace優越ゆうえつsupremacy

Source: JMdict entry 1539040 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.