情なさけ

noun

pity; sympathy; compassion; mercy

Emotional response to another's suffering or misfortune; often implies a willingness to help or forgive. Common in phrases like 情けをかける (show mercy) and 情け深い (compassionate).

• 彼かれは敵てきに情なさけをかけた。

  He showed mercy to his enemy.

• 情なさけ深ぶかい人ひとは周まわりから尊そん敬けいされる。

  A compassionate person is respected by those around them.

noun

affection; love; tender feeling

Warm, affectionate feeling, often in the context of close relationships or romantic love. Can appear in classical or literary expressions; in modern Japanese, 情け itself is less common for this sense, but it survives in compounds like 情け心 (tender heart) and set phrases.

• 彼かの女じょの情なさけに満みちたまなざしに、彼かれは心こころを打うたれた。

  He was moved by her affectionate gaze.

• 古ふるい和わ歌かには、男だん女じょの情なさけを詠よんだものが多おおい。

  Many old waka poems express the tender feelings between men and women.