Keyword
soft (to touch)
Info
FrequencyTop 900-1000
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1312
Readings
やわ
(80%)
Composed of
halberd
tree
Mnemonic

A soft to touch tree is going to be easy to slice with a halberd.

Used in kanji (3 in total)
crumple
step on
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Used in vocabulary (69 in total)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
gentle; mild; meek; tender
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial
soft fair skin
soft flesh (esp. in a sexual context)
soft; weak
softness; gentleness; weakness
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
jujitsu (classical Japanese martial art, usually referring to fighting without a weapon); jiujitsu; jujutsu
judo; jujutsu
weakness; effeminacy; enervation
fabric softener; fabric conditioner
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
softness; comparatively soft
mild; mild-mannered; gentle
measure to win somebody over to one's side
(touch of) softness
judo gi; judo uniform
mild; mild-mannered; gentle
soft and fair goes far; willows are weak, yet they bind other wood
judo practitioner; judoka
soft hair; villus (intestinal)
indecisive; irresolute; weak
flexible (person); open-minded
hardness and softness
flexible (of people); open-minded
operation to win over someone by using a tactic of gentle persuasion
hardness and softness
gentle; mild; lenient
simple; plain; honest; unaffected; frank; unpretentious
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
fabric softener; fabric conditioner
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
gentle on the outside but tough on the inside; an iron hand in a velvet glove
tough on the outside but soft at heart
soft and fair goes far; willows are weak, yet they bind other wood
judo therapy; traditional non-surgical osteopathic tissue and bone manipulation therapy
judo; jujutsu
softness; comparatively soft
gentle; mild; lenient
soft; tender; limp
softness; tenderness
Brazilian jiu-jitsu; Gracie-style jiu-jitsu
being tough on the outside but soft at heart; a faint-hearted person pretending to be brave
a flexible way of thinking
(taking) a flexible approach (to)
jūkenbō; "body, sword and staff" techniques in martial arts
small animal with soft fur
gentle; mild; lenient
Examples (32 in total)
This meat is really tender.
Your body is soft.
It was really soft!