tenderness

/ˈtɛndərnəs/

意味: 優しさ、柔らかさ

例文: The tenderness in his eyes moved Lena.
　　  彼の目の優しさがレナを感動させた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: emotional tenderness(感情的な優しさ), physical tenderness(身体的な優しさ), tenderness of heart(心の優しさ)

定義: 優しさや思いやりを示す状態や感情。人や物に対して優しく接すること。身体的には、触れると痛みを感じる状態を指すこともあります。

tendernessは約600,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
Noun: a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
Noun: warm compassionate feelings
Noun: a positive feeling of liking
Noun: a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Her tenderness comforted everyone in the room.(彼女の優しさが部屋の皆を慰めた。)
The kitten showed great tenderness toward its owner.(子猫は飼い主に対して大きな優しさを見せた。)
Tenderness in his voice revealed his true feelings.(彼の声の優しさが本当の気持ちを表していた。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness
Noun: after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on
Noun: he had trouble expressing the affection he felt
Noun: the child won everyone’s heart
Noun: the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, rawness, softheartedness, soreness, tenderheartedness, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): affectionateness, compassion, concern, feeling, pain

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): ache, affect, affection, agitation, agony, ambivalence, apathy, arthralgia, astonishment, burn, calmness, causalgia, chest pain, chiralgia, colic, complex, desire, despair, devastation, dislike, distress, dysmenorrhea, emotion, enthusiasm, expectation, faintness, fearlessness, glossalgia, glow, gratitude, gravity, growing pains, happiness, heartstrings, hemorrhoid, hope, humility, ingratitude, keratalgia, labor pain, levity, liking, mastalgia, melagra, meralgia, mercifulness, metralgia, myalgia, nephralgia, neuralgia, odynophagia, orchidalgia, pain, pang, passion, photalgia, pleasure, pleurodynia, podalgia, pride, proctalgia, referred pain, renal colic, sadness, sensitivity, sentiment, sex, shame, smart, softheartedness, solicitude, soul, sting, stitch, sympathy, temper, tenderness, thermalgesia, thing, throb, torture, ulalgia, unconcern, urodynia, uxoriousness

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): attachment, chafe, chafing, protectiveness, rebound tenderness, regard, soft spot

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: affectionate, fond, hearty, raw, softhearted, sore, tender, tenderhearted, warm, warmhearted

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: emotional

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): ness

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: joy, positive