Keyword
soft (consistency)
Info
FrequencyTop 1900-2000
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig509
Readings
なん
(94%)
やわ
(5%)
Composed of
vehicle
lack of
Used in vocabulary (106 in total)
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
house arrest
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
ointment; salve
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
(state of) house arrest; (state of) confinement
cartilage; nankotsu; (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
fabric softener; fabric conditioner
hardness and softness; hard line and moderate line
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
soft (esp. of softball, tennis, etc.)
sludge; ooze
soft ball; rubber ball
Japanese version of baseball played with a hard rubber ball
weak foreign policy; weak-kneed diplomacy
soft tennis; tennis played with soft rubber balls instead of hard yellow balls
softness; flexibility; elasticity
ointment; salve
gentle breeze
loose or soft stool
encephalomalacia; cerebromalacia; cerebral softening; softening of the brain
cartilaginous fishes; chondrichthyans
malacia; abnormal softening of tissues
weak argument
love story; erotic literature
vellus hair; down; pubescence; peach fuzz
pick-up artist; masher; skirt chaser
pia mater (membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord)
judo; jujutsu
encephalomalacia; brain softening
fabric softener; fabric conditioner
weak (market); bearish; soft (tone, focus) (photography)
blanching (cultivation method); whitening (of vegetables, etc.) by depriving of light
weak-hearted approach; soft line; easier way (route)
xiphoid (relating to the lower part of the sternum); chondroxiphoid
soft; tender; limp
softness; tenderness
stalwart and insurgent factions
a flexible way of thinking
(taking) a flexible approach (to)
soft ray (of a fin)
molluscum contagiosum; viral infection of the skin
train ticket printed on soft paper, etc. (usu. dispensed from a vending machine as part of a roll)
Chondrichthyes (class comprising cartilaginous fishes)
soft solder
soft glass (esp. soda-lime glass)
soft glass (esp. soda-lime glass)
banknote; soft currency
soft soap (esp. potash soap)
soft soap (esp. potash soap)
bituminous coal; soft coal
Examples (6 in total)
Become more flexible!
My body isn't as flexible as it used to be.
You must be flexible in your thinking.