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)
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
Abbreviation
calisthenics
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
softening
softening (of attitude); mollification
Finance
weakening (of the market)
blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)
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