人情|にんじょうninjou[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounhumanity; empathy; kindness; sympathy
2. nounhuman nature; common sense; customs and manners
   隣となり近所きんじょに対たいして見栄みえを張はるのは人情にんじょうですよ。↗

   It's only natural to keep up with the Joneses.

• Synonym思いやりおもいやりNeutralConsiderate care for others, as in 「思いやりのある人」; 「人情」 is about the warmth and common feelings between people.
• Synonym人間味にんげんみNeutralHuman warmth and kindness, but also the weaknesses everyone shares; 「人情」 is the common human feeling itself.
• Synonym情けなさけNeutralPity or kindness shown to someone, as in 「情けをかける」; 「人情」 is about common human feelings and warmth.
• Synonym人情味にんじょうみNeutralWarm human kindness, as in 「人情味あふれる」; 「人情」 is the common feeling itself.
• Related同情どうじょうNeutralSympathy felt for someone's misfortune; 「人情」 covers common human feelings and warmth between people more broadly.
• Related慈悲じひNeutralMercy and compassion, often in a Buddhist context; 「人情」 refers to ordinary human feelings.
• Related仁じんWrittenA Confucian term for benevolence as a virtue; 「人情」 refers to ordinary human feelings.
• Related哀愍あいびんWrittenWritten and rare, meaning pity; in everyday speech use 「哀れみ」 instead.
• Related哀れみあわれみNeutralPity for someone, with a hint of looking down on them; 「人情」 is about warmth between people.
• RelatedヒューマニティーNeutralA loanword for humanity or the humanitarian spirit, more abstract; 「人情」 is more concrete.
• Related憐憫れんびんWrittenWritten word for pity that carries a condescending tone; 「人情」 is about warmth between people.
• Relatedお情けおなさけNeutralA polite term for pity handed out like charity, often sarcastic; 「人情」 is about warmth between people.
• Related恩情おんじょうWrittenWritten word for the kindness a superior—an elder, boss or benefactor—shows to those below; 「人情」 is broader.
• Related仁愛じんあいWrittenWritten word for benevolence and charitable love; 「人情」 is about common human feelings.
• Related仁心じんしんWrittenWritten word for a benevolent heart; 「人情」 refers to common human feelings.
• Related同情心どうじょうしんNeutralThe feeling of sympathy itself; 「人情」 covers common human feelings and warmth between people.
• Related愛憐あいれんWrittenWritten and rare, meaning tender pity; in everyday speech use 「哀れみ」 instead.
• Related惻隠の情そくいんのじょうWrittenA set phrase, originally from Mencius, for the compassion stirred by another's suffering; 「人情」 is broader.
• Related憐情れんじょうWrittenWritten and rare, meaning pity; in everyday speech use 「同情」 instead.
• Related惻隠そくいんWrittenWritten word for compassion or pity; in everyday speech use 「同情」 instead.
• Related恕じょWrittenWritten word for forgiveness and consideration for others; 「人情」 is about warmth between people.
• RelatedユマニテWrittenA loanword from French for humanism or the human spirit; not used in everyday speech.
• Antonym非情ひじょうNeutralOpposite of 「人情」 in terms of having or lacking feeling: cold-hearted and unfeeling.
• Antonym冷酷れいこくNeutralOpposite of 「人情」 in terms of having or lacking feeling: cold-hearted and cruel.

Use 「人情」 for the warmth and common feelings between people, as in 「義理人情」. For considerate care choose 「思いやり」; for the warm quality itself, 「人情味」. To express sympathy for someone's misfortune, 「同情」 and 「哀れみ」 are the everyday words; 「情け」 adds the nuance of sparing or favoring someone. The many written synonyms—「慈悲」, 「仁」, 「恩情」, 「憐憫」, 「惻隠」 and the rest—suit formal prose; say 「哀れみ」 or 「同情」 in daily speech. The antonyms 「非情」 and 「冷酷」 describe the lack of such feeling.

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

1. 人ひとが本来ほんらい有ゆうするとされる温あたたかい感情かんじょう。
2. 一般いっぱんの人々ひとびとの考かんがえ、常識じょうしき。
3. 心付こころづけ、贈り物おくりもの、賄賂わいろ。