Usage patterns 人にん 情じょう に 厚あつ い to be warm-hearted, full of compassion
He's warm-hearted and can't ignore people in need.
人にん 情じょう として as a matter of human nature
It's only human nature to want to help a friend in trouble.
人にん 情じょう に 薄うす い to lack human warmth or compassion
City life is sometimes said to lack human warmth.
人にん 情じょう の 常じょう the way of human nature
It's simply human nature to feel gratitude toward those who have helped you.
人にん 情じょう に 訴うった える to appeal to someone's human feelings or compassion
She appealed to the shopkeeper's compassion and got the price lowered.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 の 人にん 情じょう に 触ふ れる to be touched by the human warmth of a place
I was touched by the warmth of the local people while traveling, and it warmed my heart.
Kanji 情 feelings, emotion, passion Related words· 6 情け refers to a specific act of mercy or pity shown toward someone, while 人情 is the broader human warmth and empathy that connects people in general.
人間性 is the abstract, often philosophical notion of human character, while 人情 in this sense refers to the everyday feelings and unwritten social expectations people share.
思いやり emphasizes actively considering others' feelings, while 人情 refers more broadly to the innate emotional warmth shared among people.
常識 is general common sense expected of everyone, while 人情 in this sense refers specifically to the emotional and customary expectations rooted in human feeling.
Show 2 more Show fewer 人情 focuses on the warm, empathetic feelings people naturally have for one another, while 人心 more broadly denotes human nature or the collective mood of people.
人情 is the broad term for human feelings, sympathy, and the ways of the world, while 人情味 narrows this to the specific flavor of warmth and kindness a person or story shows.
Opposites 非情 describes coldness or a lack of feeling toward others, the direct opposite of the warmth and compassion expressed by 人情 .
人情 is warm, spontaneous human feeling and compassion, often set in tension with 義理 , which is the cool sense of social duty one follows regardless of feeling.
Word family· 13 human warmth; human interest; kindness
unkindness; heartlessness; inhumanity
human-interest play; human drama
kind person; warmhearted person; sympathetic person
ninjōbon; late Edo-period romance novel
Show 6 more Show fewer story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo); emotional rakugo story without a punch line
heartless; inhuman; unfeeling
warmth and humanity of traditional downtown neighborhoods
contemporary customs and human nature; the ways of the world and people's lives
being overcome by sympathy; being swayed by compassion
manners, customs and popular sentiments
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Etymology Composed of 人 (human) and 情 (feelings/emotions). The word has been used in Japanese since at least the Heian period to describe natural human emotions and compassion. The exact historical derivation is straightforward from the kanji components.
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