JLPT N4 · い-adjective

柔らかい (yawarakai)

柔らかい (やわらかい, yawarakai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “soft; tender”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: やわらかい
Romaji: yawarakai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

soft; tender; supple; flexible; limber · い-adjective
gentle; mild; soft; mellow · い-adjective
light (topic, book, etc.); informal · い-adjective
flexible (thinking, mind, etc.); malleable; adaptable · い-adjective

Example sentences

私は柔らかいベッドで眠るのが好きです。

I like to sleep on a soft bed.

Tatoeba #156011

風が柔らかく木立に触れた。

The wind gently kissed the trees.

Tatoeba #84045

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

Conjugation of 柔らかい

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	柔らかい	やわらかい yawarakai
Negative	柔らかくない	やわらかくない yawarakakunai
Past	柔らかかった	やわらかかった yawarakakatta
Negative past	柔らかくなかった	やわらかくなかった yawarakakunakatta
Te-form	柔らかくて	やわらかくて yawarakakute
Adverb (~ku)	柔らかく	やわらかく yawarakaku
Conditional (~ba)	柔らかければ	やわらかければ yawarakakereba

Kanji in 柔らかい

柔

tender, weakness, gentlenessジュウ・ニュウ・やわ.らか・やわ.らかい · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 柔らかい.

柔道じゅうどうjudo柔軟じゅうなんflexible

Source: JMdict entry 1605630 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.