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癒やす (いやす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 癒やす · godan verb (-su)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 癒い やす 癒い やさない Polite 癒い やします 癒い やしません Past polite 癒い やしました 癒い やしませんでした Past 癒い やした 癒い やさなかった Te-form 癒い やして 癒い やさないで Desire 癒い やしたい 癒い やしたくない Potential 癒い やせる 癒い やせない Passive 癒い やされる 癒い やされない Causative 癒い やさせる 癒い やさせない Causative passive 癒い やさせられる 癒い やさせられない Volitional 癒い やそう Polite volitional 癒い やしましょう Imperative 癒い やせ 癒い やすな Conditional 癒い やせば 癒い やさなければ Tara conditional 癒い やしたら 癒い やさなかったら
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がく
は
心こころ
の
傷きず
を
癒い
やす
。
Music heals emotional wounds.
The hot spring relieved my travel fatigue.
The cold water quenched my thirst.
Expressions 心こころ を 癒いや す soothe one's soul; raise one's spirits Kanji 癒 healing, cure, quench (thirst) Transitive / intransitive Related words 治す focuses on curing a specific illness or injury, often through medical treatment, while 癒やす has a broader, more emotional or holistic nuance of soothing and restoring well-being.
慰める means to comfort or console someone emotionally, whereas 癒やす covers a wider range including physical healing and satisfying needs like thirst or hunger.
和らげる means to soften or ease something like pain or tension, while 癒やす implies a fuller restorative or healing effect, not just a reduction in intensity.
満たす means to fill or satisfy a need (like hunger), a narrower sense that overlaps with one use of 癒やす, which also covers emotional and physical healing.
Written forms 癒い やす Usage 6%
Common kanji spelling with okurigana やす, widely used in modern writing.
癒いや す Usage 80%
Alternate kanji spelling with okurigana す; less common but still seen.
いやす Usage 14%
Kana spelling used when the kanji is avoided or for clarity.
Etymology Derived from the verb 癒える (ieru, 'to heal, recover'), with the transitive suffix -す (-su) indicating causation. The kanji 癒 carries meanings of healing and soothing.