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[じょう()]
jou
noun

English Meaning(s) for 情

noun
  1. feelings; emotion; sentiment
  2. compassion; sympathy
  3. passion; affection; love
  4. the way things really are; the actual situation

Definition and Synonyms for 情

Feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states
Synonyms: フィーリング, 心地, 心持ち, 心緒, , 思い, 思う, , , 感じ, 感じる, 感ずる, 感情, 気分, 気味, 気味, 気味, 気持ち, 気色, 気色, 芯地
Heart an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
Synonyms: , 心肝, 思い, 思う, , , 意気, , , , 気持ち
Passion the trait of being intensely emotional
Synonyms: パッション, 客気, , 情火, 情炎, 情熱, 激情, 火照り, 熱り, 熱情, 熱気, 熱気, 熱血, 癇癪, むかっ腹
Compassion the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
Synonyms: 人情, 同情, 同情心, 哀れみ, 哀れむ, 哀愍, 思いやり, 思いやる, , 恩情, , お情け, 情け, 惻隠, 惻隠の情, 愛憐, 慈悲, 憐情, 憐憫
Emotion any strong feeling
Synonyms: エモーション, , 情動, 情意, 情感, 感情
Ruth a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
Synonyms: 不憫, 同情, 哀れみ, 哀れむ, 哀愍, 哀憐, , お情け, 情け, 惻隠, 惻隠の情, 慈悲, 憐情, 憐憫

Meanings for each kanji in 情

» feelings; emotion; passion; sympathy; circumstances; facts

Categories 情 is a member of

State the way something is with respect to its main attributes
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Feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states
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Temperament your usual mood
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Emotionalism emotional nature or quality
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Mercifulness a disposition to be kind and forgiving
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Fellow Feeling sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 情

Sample Sentences for 情

I was moved to tears in spite of myself.
One good turn deserves another.
There is one thing I look back on with regret.
He is a man of warm heart.
She is accessible to pity.

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