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柔 kanji
tender, weakness, gentleness, softness
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Secondary school
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ジュウニュウ
Kun readings
やわらかやわらかいやわやわら
Words with 柔
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N4柔道Popularjudo
- N1柔軟Popularflexible; lithe; soft; pliable; calisthenics
- —懐柔Popularwinning over; placation; gentle persuasion
- —優柔不断Popularindecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
- —柔softness; gentleness; weakness
- —柔術jujitsu (martial art); jiujitsu; jujutsu
- —優柔indecisive; irresolute; weak
- —柔毛soft hair; downy hair; fur; (intestinal) villus
- —剛柔hardness and softness
- —柔婉simple; plain; honest; unaffected; frank; unpretentious
- —柔然Juan-juan (Mongolian nomads); Jou-jan; Rouran Khaganate
- —柔道家judo practitioner; judoka
- —柔道場judo hall
- —柔道着judo gi; judo uniform
- —柔軟性flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
- —剛と柔hardness and softness
- —懐柔策measure to win someone over to one's side
- —柔軟剤fabric softener; fabric conditioner
- —柔剣棒jūkenbō; "body, sword and staff" techniques in martial arts
- —柔細胞parenchymal cell