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人情味 (ninjoumi) Japanese meaning: human warmth | Kotomora
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His stories have a human warmth that makes you feel warm inside when you listen.
That teacher is strict, but he is a person with human kindness.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 に 人にん 情じょう 味み がある someone has human warmth
He's strict, but he's a warm-hearted person.
人にん 情じょう 味み あふれる 〈 物もの 〉 something overflowing with human warmth
This film is a story overflowing with human warmth.
人にん 情じょう 味み を 感かん じる to feel human warmth (from someone or something)
I felt a sense of human warmth in the shop clerk's service.
人にん 情じょう 味み のない 〈 人ひと 〉 someone lacking human warmth
He's known for his cold, unfeeling manner.
Kanji 情 feelings, emotion, passion Related words 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.
人間味 covers overall human-like qualities, including flaws and quirks, whereas 人情味 focuses specifically on compassion and warmth.
温情 is a more formal, literary word for kind consideration shown by someone in authority, while 人情味 is the everyday term for a warm, relatable human quality.
Etymology Compound of 人情 (にんじょう, 'human feelings; sympathy') and 味 (み, 'flavor; quality'). The suffix 味 adds the sense of 'a touch of' or 'the quality of' human warmth.
