Meanings
Readings
Common Words
soft; tender; supple; flexible; limber; limp
gentle; mild; soft; mellow
light (topic, book, etc.); informal
flexible (thinking, mind, etc.); malleable; adaptable
soft; tender; pliant; supple
soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; gentle (demeanour, voice, etc.); mild
informal; light; flexible (e.g. thinking)
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
Abbreviation
calisthenics
obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
softly; mildly; gently; politely
gentle; mild; meek; tender
judo
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
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