How to say "tender-hearted" in Japanese

• 情け深いなさけぶかいJLPT N1approx.Common
  i-adjectiveThe closest fit for the compassionate, charitable sense of 'tender-hearted': it describes a person of deep, active kindness who feels sympathy for people in trouble and readily helps them.
• もろいJLPT N1approx.Common
  i-adjectiveFor the sentimental, easily moved side of 'tender-hearted', not for compassion in action: its basic sense is 'brittle, fragile', suggesting feelings that give way easily, often to tears. Usually written in kana.
  彼女かのじょは情じょうにもろい。↗

  She is accessible to pity.
• ウェットCommon
  na-adjectiveA katakana loanword covering the soft-hearted, sentimental sense: an emotional, warm-hearted attitude in which feeling carries more weight than cool logic, often contrasted with a 'dry', unsentimental one.

Use 「情け深い」 for the compassionate, charitable sense; 「もろい」 for the sentimental, easily moved side; 「ウェット」 for a soft-hearted, emotional attitude that favors feeling over cool logic.

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

• 情け深いなさけぶかいtender-hearted
• 心優しいこころやさしいkind
• 情にもろいじょうにもろいsoft-hearted
• もろいtender-hearted
• ウェットsoft-hearted