優しい · i-adjective
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 優しい | 優しくない |
| Polite | 優しいです | 優しくないですalso 優しくありません |
| Past polite | 優しかったです | 優しくなかったですalso 優しくありませんでした |
| Past | 優しかった | 優しくなかった |
| Te-form | 優しくて | 優しくなくて |
| Adverbial | 優しく | |
| Conditional | 優しければ | 優しくなければ |
| Tara conditional | 優しかったら | 優しくなかったら |
Describes a person, action, or thing that is warm-hearted, considerate, and not harsh. Often used for personality, voice, touch, or treatment of others.
He is a very kind person.
She spoke to me in a gentle voice.
He is kind to everyone.
This light is gentle on the eyes.
This soap is gentle on the skin.
She is a very kind person.
優しい is the common, everyday word for 'kind' or 'gentle', while 温厚 is a more formal or literary term emphasizing a calm, even-tempered disposition.
優しい describes warm, personal kindness, while 寛 conveys a more formal or principled leniency and tolerance.
優しい describes a kind or gentle personality or manner in general, while やんわり specifically describes softening the delivery of a request, refusal, or criticism.
優しい describes a kind, gentle person, the direct opposite of a 冷酷 one who is merciless and unfeeling.
優しい means kind and warm-hearted, the opposite of つれない's cold, dismissive attitude toward others.
優しい describes a warm, kind attitude toward others, the opposite of the cold, dismissive manner described by 素っ気ない.
優しい describes kind, gentle behavior, the direct opposite of ひどい meaning cruel or heartless.
優しい describes gentle, kind behavior or speech, contrasting with the harsh, rough manner of 荒々しい.
優しい describes gentle, kind behavior, contrasting with the rough, aggressive manner described by 荒っぽい.
優しい describes a kind, gentle person, contrasting with 無慈悲, which describes someone or something devoid of compassion.