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和らげる

やわらげる

to soften; to ease; to relieve (pain, tension, wording)

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Examples

  1. その薬は彼の苦痛を和らげた。

    そのくすりはかれのくつうをやわらげた。

    The medicine eased his pain.

  2. 彼女の笑顔が場の緊張を和らげた。

    かのじょのえがおがばのきんちょうをやわらげた。

    Her smile eased the tension in the room.

  3. 表現を和らげて書き直したほうがいい。

    ひょうげんをやわらげてかきなおしたほうがいい。

    You had better soften the wording and rewrite it.

Common patterns

痛みを和らげる
to relieve pain
緊張を和らげる
to ease tension
表現を和らげる
to soften one's wording

Memory tip

This is the transitive half of a pair: 痛みが和らぐ (the pain eases by itself) versus 痛みを和らげる (you ease the pain). It is gentler and more abstract than 弱める.

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