慰め

Japanese

Kanji in this term
慰
なぐさ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 慰(なぐさ)める (nagusameru, “to console”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) なぐさめ [nàgúsámé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠ɡɯ̟sa̠me̞]

Noun

慰(なぐさ)め • (nagusame) 

  1. the act of comforting or consoling
  2. comfort or consolation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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