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暖かさ (あたたかさ, atatakasa) Japanese meaning: warmth | Kotomora

暖あたたかさ

Meanings

1

Refers to physical warmth (temperature) or emotional warmth (kindness, friendliness).

春はるの日ひ差ざしの暖あたたかさが気き持もちいい。
The warmth of the spring sunshine feels good.
彼かの女じょの言こと葉ばには暖あたたかさがある。
There is warmth in her words.

Kanji

暖warmth

Related words

温あたたかみN2
暖かさ is a more objective, often physical sense of warmth (e.g. weather), while 温かみ conveys a subjective, emotional or atmospheric warmth.
ぬくもりN2
暖かさ refers to overall warmth of weather or a room, while 温もり is more personal, tactile, and often lingering, like the warmth left by a person's touch.

Etymology

Noun form of the adjective 暖かい (warm), derived by adding the suffix 〜さ (-sa) to the stem, which turns an adjective into a noun expressing degree or quality.