和らぐ

• 読み: やわらぐ
• ローマ字: yawaragu
• 漢字の分解: 和 (yawara/wa) — peace, harmony, to soften
• 発音: /ja.ɰa.ɾa.ɡɯ/

意味

To soften; to calm down; to be eased; to subside. Describes tension, pain, or intensity gradually decreasing.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb. Used for pain subsiding, tension easing, weather softening, or atmosphere becoming more relaxed. The transitive counterpart is 和らげる (yawarагеру). Often describes a natural, gradual process of becoming gentler.

例文

1. 薬を飲んだら、頭痛が少し和らいだ。
2. 春になると寒さが和らいで過ごしやすくなる。
3. 彼のジョークで場の緊張が和らいだ。

使い方ガイド

場面: health, weather, emotions

トーン: gentle

起源と歴史

From classical Japanese. The kanji 和 represents harmony and peace, depicting grain (禾) growing alongside a mouth (口) — the idea of gentle sufficiency.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal