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柔らかい

やわらかい

soft

Mnemonic

A tree still young enough to bend right over rather than snap. The new sofa gives exactly that way and you yawn やわ straight into it: やわらかい.

Built from

soft, supple
木 a tree at the bottom with a spear shaft above it, the wood still young enough to bend instead of snapping.

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