How to say "mild" in Japanese

• 暖かいあたたかいJLPT N5approx.Common
  i-adjectiveCovers 'mild' in the weather sense: a pleasantly warm day, season, or winter. Its core meaning is 'warm', so the mildness here is the pleasant warmth of the weather itself.
  だんだん暖あたたかくなります。↗

  It will get warmer and warmer.
• マイルドCommon
  na-adjectiveThe loanword for 'mild' in the sense of mild flavor or taste — the 'mild' of food and drink descriptions — and by extension a mild, gentle personality.
  「味あじがマイルドだな、この銘柄めいがらは」と父ちちが言いった。↗

  "This brand is very mild," Dad said.
• おとなしいJLPT N2approx.Common
  i-adjective'Mild' in the sense of a mild-mannered, quiet, meek disposition — a person or animal that is gentle and unassertive. It is usually written in kana alone.
  牛うしは大おおきくて、おとなしく見みえました。↗

  The cows looked big and docile.
• 温暖おんだんJLPT N3approx.Common
  na-adjective, noun'Mild' in the sense of climate: a mild, temperate climate. Use it when describing a region whose climate is mild, as in geographical descriptions.
  島しまの天候てんこうはとても温暖おんだんです。↗

  The island has a mild climate.
• 軽度けいどCommon
  no-adjective, na-adjectiveThe word for 'mild' in medical and clinical contexts: mild symptoms or a mild disability, where the condition is slight in degree. It concerns severity, not pleasantness.

Choose 「暖かい」 for mild weather, 「マイルド」 for mild flavor or a gentle character, 「おとなしい」 for a meek, quiet temperament, 温暖 for a mild climate, and 軽度 for mild symptoms or disability.

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• 暖かいあたたかいwarm
• マイルドmild
• おとなしいgentle
• 温暖おんだんwarm
• 軽度けいどslight
• 和やかなごやかmild
• 温和おんわmild (climate)
• 柔和にゅうわgentle
• 穏やかおだやかcalm
• 暖かあたたかwarm
• ぬくいwarm
• もの柔らかものやわらかmild
• ぬくといwarm
• お手柔らかおてやわらかgentle
• 低刺激ていしげきhypoallergenic
• 手ぬるいてぬるいlax
• やらかいsoft
• 柔らかいやわらかいgentle
• のどかmild (weather)
• 生ぬるいなまぬるいlenient
• 柔らかやわらかsoft (colour, light, etc.)
• まろやかmellow (flavour, voice, etc.)
• 甘いあまいmild