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軟化

軟化

See also: 软化

Chinese

soft; flexible
 
to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform
trad. (軟化)
simp. (软化)

Verb

軟化

  1. to soften; to weaken
  2. to persuade using soft tactics

Antonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
なん
Grade: S

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From (nan, soft) + (ka, become)

Pronunciation

Noun

軟化 (hiragana なんか, romaji nanka)

  1. softening
  2. weakening

Derived terms

  • 骨軟化症 (kotsunankashō): osteomalacia
  • 脳軟化症 (nōnankashō): softening of the brain

Verb

軟化する (intransitive, hiragana なんかする, romaji nanka suru)

  1. soften
  2. weaken

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

軟化 (yeonhwa) (hangeul 연화)

  1. Hanja form? of 연화.