noun
Refers to the quality of being soft, tender, or gentle, whether physically (texture, pliability) or abstractly (gentleness of character, light, etc.).
このパンの柔らかさが好きです。
I like the softness of this bread.
彼の声の柔らかさに癒やされた。
I was soothed by the tenderness of his voice.
Adjective form meaning 'soft' or 'tender'; 柔らかさ is the noun form expressing the quality or degree of softness.
Antonym meaning 'hardness' or 'firmness'; contrasts with the softness expressed by 柔らかさ.
Noun form of the adjective 柔らかい (やわらかい, 'soft'), derived from the stem 柔らか- plus the nominalizing suffix さ (-sa), which turns adjectives into nouns expressing degree or quality.