慈愛

See also: 慈爱

Chinese

 
compassionate; gentle; merciful
compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
 
to love; affection; to be fond of
to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (慈愛)
simp. (慈爱)

Pronunciation


Adjective

慈愛

  1. loving; affectionate; kind

Synonyms

Antonyms

Noun

慈愛

  1. love; kindness; charity

Japanese

FWOTD – 15 May 2019
Kanji in this term

Grade: S
あい
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()(あい) • (jiai) 

  1. affection, frequently the love of a parent for a child
    • 2018 November 16, “‘Haha no jiai’ hatsugen, Koike chiji wa fukaikan [‘Mother’s love’ remark, Governor Koike uncomfortable]”, in Asahi Shimbun, archived from the original on 8 June 2020:
      (とう)(きょう)()()(いけ)()()()()()は、(こん)(げつ)(ぜん)(こく)()()(かい)()(とっ)(とり)(けん)(ひら)()(しん)()()()から「(はは)()(あい)(こころ)()って」と()われたことに(たい)し、16(じゅうろく)(にち)(てい)(れい)(かい)(けん)で「(わたし)(はは)になれなかった。(あん)()(はつ)(げん)で、(たい)(へん)(きず)ついた」と()(かい)(かん)(しめ)した。
      Tōkyō-to no Koike Yuriko-chiji wa, kongetsu no zenkoku chiji kaigi de Tottori-ken no Hirai Shinji-chiji kara “haha no jiai no kokoro o motte” to iwareta koto ni taishi, jūrokunichi no teirei kaiken de “Watashi wa haha ni narenakatta. An'ina hatsugen de, taihen kizutsuita” to fukaikan o shimeshita.
      Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike responded to Tottori governor Shinji Hirai’s comment at this month’s national governors’ meeting that she “has a mother’s affectionate heart”. During a regular interview on the 16th she expressed discomfort saying, “I never became a mother. This offhand comment hurt me terribly.”

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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