jmdict 1414190 Active (id#2362948)
大人しい [ichi1] 温和しい [rK] 温柔しい [sK]
おとなしい [ichi1]
  1. [adj-i] [uk]
    • gentle
    • quiet
    • mild
    • meek
    • obedient
    • docile
    • well-behaved
    • tame
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 2761590 大人しく【おとなしく】 1. meekly; obediently; submissively; quietly; like a lamb
    • ⇐ see: 2860294 おとなし目【おとなしめ】 1. on the gentle side; somewhat meek; rather quiet
  2. [adj-i] [uk]
    • quiet (color, pattern, etc.)
    • sober
History:
    • A 2026-03-04 00:40:38 Jim Breen (id#2362948)
    • A* 2026-02-16 23:13:48 parfait8 (id#2360784)
    • Refs
      https://furigana.info/w/温柔
    • Diff
      @@ -10,0 +11,4 @@
      +</k_ele>
      +<k_ele>
      +<keb>温柔しい</keb>
      +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
    • A 2022-03-24 05:36:45 Jim Breen
    • A* 2022-03-24 05:16:22 Opencooper
    • Comments
      「温和しい」 is in meikyo/NHK漢字表記辞典/nikk/koj. Interestingly, some refs like gg5/wisdom/NHK accent have no kanji for the term at all.
      
      大人しい	268908
      温和しい	1615
      おとなしい	499392
    • Refs
      JEs
    • Diff
      @@ -10 +10 @@
      -<ke_inf>&iK;</ke_inf>
      +<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
      @@ -18,0 +19,4 @@
      +<gloss>gentle</gloss>
      +<gloss>quiet</gloss>
      +<gloss>mild</gloss>
      +<gloss>meek</gloss>
      @@ -21 +25,8 @@
      -<gloss>quiet</gloss>
      +<gloss>well-behaved</gloss>
      +<gloss>tame</gloss>
      +</sense>
      +<sense>
      +<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
      +<misc>&uk;</misc>
      +<gloss>quiet (color, pattern, etc.)</gloss>
      +<gloss>sober</gloss>
    • A 2013-07-18 00:30:48 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      Small ngram count - plainly a play on 温和/おんわ.
    • Diff
      @@ -10,0 +10,1 @@
      +<ke_inf>&iK;</ke_inf>
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