和らぐ (やわらぐ, yawaragu) Japanese meaning: soften | KotomoraCommon word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000和らぐ · godan verb (-gu)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
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| Dictionary | 和らぐ | 和らがない |
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| Polite | 和らぎます | 和らぎません |
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| Past polite | 和らぎました | 和らぎませんでした |
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| Past | 和らいだ | 和らがなかった |
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| Te-form | 和らいで | 和らがないで |
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| Desire | 和らぎたい | 和らぎたくない |
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| Potential | 和らげる | 和らげない |
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| Passive | 和らがれる | 和らがれない |
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| Causative | 和らがせる | 和らがせない |
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| Causative passive | 和らがせられるalso 和らがされる | 和らがせられないalso 和らがされない |
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| Volitional | 和らごう | |
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| Polite volitional | 和らぎましょう | |
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| Imperative | 和らげ | 和らぐな |
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| Conditional | 和らげば | 和らがなければ |
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| Tara conditional | 和らいだら | 和らがなかったら |
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み
が
少
し
和
らい
だ
。
The pain has subsided a little.
His anger softened over time.
Usage patterns
痛みが和らぐfor pain to ease/subside
After taking the medicine, the pain eased.
緊張が和らぐfor tension to ease
After talking it over, the tension eased.
寒さが和らぐfor the cold to become milder
Now that spring has come, the cold has grown milder.
態度が和らぐfor one's attitude to soften
His attitude softened a little.
気持ちが和らぐfor one's feelings to calm down
Listening to music calmed my feelings.
らぐ
和らぐ describes pain, cold, or emotions becoming gentler or softer, whereas 薄らぐ focuses on something growing thinner or fainter in degree.
和らぐ implies something becoming softer or milder (like pain or anger easing), while 弱まる simply means becoming weaker in intensity.
