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愛想 (あいそ, aiso) Japanese meaning: amiability | Kotomora
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Meanings Jump to a sense… 1. amiability; friendliness; sociability 2. fondness; affection; liking 3. compliments; civilities; hospitality 4. bill; check (at a restaurant) Report an issue with this page
かの
女じょ
は
いつも
愛あい
想そう
が
よく
て
、
誰だれ
と
で
も
すぐ
仲なか
良よ
く
なる
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She is always amiable and quickly becomes friends with anyone.
That clerk was unfriendly and gave a bad impression.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 は 愛あい 想そ がない someone lacks friendliness or warmth
He's not very friendly, so he gives a slightly intimidating first impression.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 愛あい 想そ を 言い う to say polite or flattering words to someone
The clerk buttered up the customer with compliments.
お 愛あい 想そ になります here is your bill (staff's euphemistic phrasing)
Excuse me, here's your bill.
Expressions· 7 愛あい 想そ よく engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably 愛あい 想そ がいい affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable 愛あい 想そ が 尽つ きる be disgusted with; be fed up with; run out of patience with 愛あい 想そ を 尽つ かす be disgusted with; run out of patience; fall out of love Show 2 more 愛あい 想そ を 振ふ りまく be pleasant to everyone; smile at everyone; try to please everybody 愛あい 想そ も 小こ 想そ も 尽つ き 果は てる be completely disgusted with; be absolutely fed up with; run out of patience with Kanji 愛 love, affection, favourite 想 idea, thought, conception Related words 愛想 describes being outwardly sociable and easygoing, while 愛嬌 describes a charming, endearing quality often associated with cuteness.
愛想 refers to a person's friendly, easy-to-approach manner in everyday interactions, while 社交性 is the more formal term for one's general sociability as a personality trait.
愛想 emphasizes sociability and friendliness, often in a customer-service context, whereas 人当たり is a more neutral description of one's manner with others.
Opposites 愛想 describes a friendly, approachable manner, while 無愛想 describes the opposite—being curt, cold, or unfriendly.
Don't confuse with 愛想 (as in 愛想を尽かす) refers to a fading fondness for someone, while 愛情 refers to deep love or affection; the two share the kanji 愛 but differ greatly in intensity and use.
お勘定 is the standard term customers use to ask for the bill, whereas 愛想 (used as お愛想) is the euphemistic term restaurant staff use for the same bill.
Word family compliments; flattery; courtesies · hospitality; special treatment; entertainment · bill; check (at a restaurant)
insincere smile; forced smile; polite smile
disgust; loss of affection; spiteful behavior
Etymology Compound of 愛 (love, affection) and 想 (thought, idea). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used since at least the Edo period to refer to amiability and later to polite treatment of customers.
