How to say "sympathetic" in Japanese

• シンパセティック
  nounCovers sympathetic in the emotional sense of feeling compassion or concern for someone. As a loanword, it suits casual or business speech where an English-flavored word is acceptable, and is less common than native options.
• 情に厚いじょうにあつい
  expression, i-adjectiveCovers the compassionate side of sympathetic, describing a person who is rich in human warmth and readily moved by others' suffering. Best for characterizing someone as deeply kind-hearted rather than for a momentary reaction.
• 物分かりの良いものわかりのいい
  expression, i-adjective (よい/いい)Covers sympathetic in the sense of understanding and perceptive. It describes a person who grasps others' feelings or situations quickly and takes them sensibly, as with an understanding boss, parent, or teacher.
• 物分かりが良いものわかりがいい
  expression, i-adjective (よい/いい)Same sense as the の variant: sympathetic in the meaning of understanding and perceptive, quick to see another person's point. The two phrasings are interchangeable, differing only in how they connect within a sentence.

For the emotional 'sympathetic', 「シンパセティック」 is the direct borrowing while 「情に厚い」 stresses deep warmth; for 'sympathetic' meaning understanding and perceptive, choose 「物分かりの良い」 or its variant 「物分かりが良い」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• シンパセティックsympathetic
• 情に厚いじょうにあついcompassionate
• 物分かりの良いものわかりのいいsensible
• 物分かりが良いものわかりがいいsensible