JLPT N1 · Verb

和らげる (yawarageru)

和らげる (やわらげる, yawarageru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to soften; to moderate”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
やわらげる
Romaji
yawarageru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to soften; to moderate; to relieve · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

その薬は彼の苦痛を和らげた。
The medicine decreased his pain.

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

Conjugation of 和らげる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary和らげるやわらげる yawarageru
Polite (~masu)和らげますやわらげます yawaragemasu
Negative和らげないやわらげない yawaragenai
Polite negative和らげませんやわらげません yawaragemasen
Past和らげたやわらげた yawarageta
Polite past和らげましたやわらげました yawaragemashita
Negative past和らげなかったやわらげなかった yawaragenakatta
Te-form和らげてやわらげて yawaragete
Potential和らげられるやわらげられる yawaragerareru
Passive和らげられるやわらげられる yawaragerareru
Causative和らげさせるやわらげさせる yawaragesaseru
Volitional和らげようやわらげよう yawarageyou
Imperative和らげろやわらげろ yawaragero
Conditional (~ba)和らげればやわらげれば yawaragereba

Kanji in 和らげる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 和らげる.

平和へいわpeace和わsum英和えいわEnglish-Japanese漢和かんわChina and Japan和英わえいJapanese-English和服わふくJapanese clothes温和おんわmild (climate)緩和かんわrelief共和きょうわrepublicanism中和ちゅうわneutralization調和ちょうわharmony和文わぶんJapanese text飽和ほうわsaturation和やかなごやかmild

Source: JMdict entry 1561960 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.