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癒やす · godan verb (-su)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	癒いやす	癒いやさない
Polite	癒いやします	癒いやしません
Past polite	癒いやしました	癒いやしませんでした
Past	癒いやした	癒いやさなかった
Te-form	癒いやして	癒いやさないで
Desire	癒いやしたい	癒いやしたくない
Potential	癒いやせる	癒いやせない
Passive	癒いやされる	癒いやされない
Causative	癒いやさせる	癒いやさせない
Causative passive	癒いやさせられる	癒いやさせられない
Volitional	癒いやそう
Polite volitional	癒いやしましょう
Imperative	癒いやせ	癒いやすな
Conditional	癒いやせば	癒いやさなければ
Tara conditional	癒いやしたら	癒いやさなかったら

Pairs with癒える

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

heal; cure; alleviate; satisfy

Broadly used for healing physical or emotional wounds, curing illness, alleviating fatigue or sorrow, and satisfying thirst or hunger. Often implies a soothing, restorative effect.

音おん楽がくは心こころの傷きずを癒いやす。
Music heals emotional wounds.
温おん泉せんが旅たびの疲つかれを癒いやしてくれた。
The hot spring relieved my travel fatigue.
冷つめたい水みずが喉のどの渇かわきを癒いやした。
The cold water quenched my thirst.

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Usage patterns

疲つかれを癒いやすto relieve/soothe fatigue
温おん泉せんに入はいって一いち日にちの疲つかれを癒いやした。
I soaked in the hot spring and relieved the day's fatigue.
渇かわきを癒いやすto quench one's thirst
冷つめたい水みずで渇かわきを癒いやした。
I quenched my thirst with cold water.
傷きずを癒いやすto heal a wound
薬くすりを塗ぬって傷きずを癒いやす。
He applies medicine to heal the wound.

Expressions

心こころを癒いやすsoothe one's soul; raise one's spirits
病やまいを癒いやすcure an illness; heal a disease

Kanji

癒healing, cure, quench (thirst)

Transitive / intransitive

癒いえる
癒える is the intransitive counterpart meaning 'to heal/recover' (e.g. a wound heals), while 癒やす is transitive, meaning 'to heal something'.

Related words

治なおすN4
治す focuses on curing a specific illness or injury, often through medical treatment, while 癒やす has a broader, more emotional or holistic nuance of soothing and restoring well-being.
慰なぐさめるN2
慰める means to comfort or console someone emotionally, whereas 癒やす covers a wider range including physical healing and satisfying needs like thirst or hunger.
和やわらげるN1
和らげる means to soften or ease something like pain or tension, while 癒やす implies a fuller restorative or healing effect, not just a reduction in intensity.
満みたすN1
満たす means to fill or satisfy a need (like hunger), a narrower sense that overlaps with one use of 癒やす, which also covers emotional and physical healing.

Opposites

傷きず付つけるN1
傷つける means to wound or hurt someone, the opposite of 癒やす, which means to heal or soothe.

Word family

癒いやし
healing; soothing; comfort
癒いやし犬けん
therapy dog
癒いやし系けい
healing-type; comforting; soothing

Written forms

癒いやすUsage6%
Common kanji spelling with okurigana やす, widely used in modern writing.
癒いやすUsage80%
Alternate kanji spelling with okurigana す; less common but still seen.
いやすUsage14%
Kana spelling used when the kanji is avoided or for clarity.

Etymology

Derived from the verb 癒える (ieru, 'to heal, recover'), with the transitive suffix -す (-su) indicating causation. The kanji 癒 carries meanings of healing and soothing.