Describes a sweet, gentle, or soft quality of a voice, fragrance, or atmosphere. Often used in literary or poetic contexts.
Everyone was captivated by her sweet voice.
A sweet fragrance of flowers is drifting in the garden.
Derived from the adjective 甘い (あまい, 'sweet') with the suffix やか, which forms adjectival nouns expressing a state or quality. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the word is used in classical and literary Japanese.