温情|おんじょうonjou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounwarm heart; kindliness

• Synonym親切しんせつNeutralEveryday word for helping people in trouble—「親切な人」 is natural. 「温情」 leans written and names the feeling rather than the help.
• Related思いやりおもいやりNeutralEveryday word for putting yourself in another's shoes. Far more common than 「温情」, which leans written and names the warm, loving heart itself.
• Related気遣いきづかいNeutralConcern or consideration shown in small details; can also mean worry. 「温情」 refers to warm-hearted feeling itself, not attentiveness.
• Related厚意こういWrittenDeep kindness bestowed by others, often in thanks: 「ご厚意に感謝します」. 「温情」 is not limited to kindness received from someone.
• Related配慮はいりょWrittenWritten word for considering someone's needs and making arrangements—care in concrete action. 「温情」 is warmth of feeling inside.
• Related好意こういNeutralGoodwill or kindness, extending to fondness or even romantic liking for someone; its range is wider than 「温情」 and it need not carry tender affection.
• Related善意ぜんいNeutralStresses good intentions behind an act; in law it also means acting without knowledge. It lacks the warm, loving nuance of 「温情」.
• Related気配りきくばりNeutralAttentiveness—constantly watching out for those around you in concrete ways. 「温情」 names the warm heart behind such acts, not the acts.
• Related恩おんNeutralA favour received and the debt of gratitude it creates—the result of kindness, not a feeling. 「温情」 is the warm feeling itself.
• Related慈悲じひWrittenOriginally the mercy of Buddhas toward all beings; pity and pardon, as in 「お慈悲を」. Adds a note of pity and forgiveness absent in 「温情」.
• Related心配りこころくばりNeutralClose to 「気配り」: thoughtful attention and looking after people in practical ways. 「温情」 stresses the warm emotion itself.
• Related懇切こんせつWrittenWritten word describing patient, thorough instruction or explanation, as in 「懇切丁寧」—kindness in manner, not a warm heart like 「温情」.
• Related恩情おんじょうWrittenWritten word for a superior's affection toward an inferior; the direction is fixed and it is rare today. 「温情」 needs no such hierarchy.
• RelatedグッドウィルNeutralLoanword for the trust and goodwill a company or person earns from society; used in business and accounting, unlike the personal 「温情」.
• Related雅量がりょうWrittenWritten word for magnanimity—a broad mind that tolerates others; rare today. 「温情」 stresses warm, tender kindness instead.
• Related厚情こうじょうWrittenDeep kindness or warm hospitality, mostly in letters and polite thanks. 「温情」 is the warm, loving heart itself, not a courtesy phrase.
• Related懇情こんじょうWrittenRare written word for earnest, warm-hearted kindness, near 「厚情」 and found mainly in letters; in speech just say 「ご親切」.
• Related仁恕じんじょWrittenWritten and rare: benevolence that includes pardoning faults out of pity. It carries a note of forgiveness that 「温情」 does not.
• Related仁心じんしんWrittenRare written word for a benevolent heart that pities others and wants to help—a virtue-level term, more abstract than 「温情」.
• Antonym冷酷れいこくNeutralCruel and heartless, heedless of others' feelings—the direct opposite of 「温情」 in whether warmth is shown to people.
• Antonym冷徹れいてつWrittenWritten word for cool, clear-headed analysis unswayed by emotion—not cruel at heart. It opposes 「温情」 as reason set against human warmth.

Use 「温情」 for a warm, kind-hearted feeling; it leans written. For everyday consideration say 「思いやり」 or 「親切」; for concrete care and arrangements, 「配慮」 or 「気配り」; to thank someone's kindness, 「ご厚意」. 「好意」 and 「善意」 are broader everyday words for goodwill; 「慈悲」 and 「仁恕」 add pity and pardon; 「冷酷」 is the opposite.

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1. 温あたたかみのある優やさしい心情しんじょう。