思いやり・思い遣り|おもいやりomoiyari[0]heiban (flat)
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- nounconsideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness; understanding; regard; kindheartedness
- Synonym気遣いきづかいNeutralCovers worry, concern or care for someone, as in 「お気遣いなく」; 思いやり stresses putting yourself in the other person's place.
- Synonym配慮はいりょWrittenWritten/formal: making careful, thorough arrangements for someone, as in 「ご配慮」; 思いやり is the inner feeling of consideration.
- Synonym気配りきくばりNeutralAttentive care for those around you, as in 「気配りができる人」; 思いやり highlights standing in the other person's position.
- Synonym心配りこころくばりNeutralPaying close, careful attention to others; 思いやり emphasizes consideration that comes from the heart.
- Synonym慈悲じひWrittenWritten, with Buddhist overtones: mercy and compassion; 思いやり is everyday consideration for others.
- Synonym情けなさけNeutralSympathy or mercy shown to someone, as in 「情けをかける」; 思いやり stresses putting yourself in their place.
- Synonym親切しんせつNeutralKindness shown by actively helping someone in need; 思いやり is the inner feeling behind it.
- Synonym人情にんじょうNeutralThe warm feelings natural to human beings, as in 「人情味」; 思いやり leans toward considerate behavior.
- Synonym同情どうじょうNeutralSympathy for someone's pain or sorrow; 思いやり is not limited to suffering and covers consideration more broadly.
- Related共感きょうかんNeutralFeeling the same as another and sharing their emotions or opinions; 思いやり is about caring for someone from their standpoint.
- Related温情おんじょうWrittenWritten: warm, kindhearted human feeling; 思いやり centres on considering how others feel.
- Related厚意こういFormalFormal: kindness or a favor given by someone else, as in 「ご厚意に感謝します」; 思いやり means a considerate heart in general.
- Antonym無関心むかんしんNeutralIndifference, showing no interest in people or things; the direct opposite of 思いやり's care for others.
- Antonym冷淡れいたんNeutralCold, unfeeling behavior toward others; the opposite of 思いやり.
- Antonym無情むじょうWrittenWritten: heartlessness or cruelty; the opposite of 思いやり.
Use 「思いやり」 for putting yourself in another's shoes, as in 「思いやりのある人」. For attentive care pick 「気配り」 or 「気遣い」, for thorough arrangements 「配慮」, and for sympathy 「同情」; the opposites are 「冷淡」 and 「無関心」.
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