慈愛

See also: 慈爱

Chinese
 
compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
 
to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (慈愛) 慈 愛
simp. (慈爱) 慈 爱

Pronunciation

Adjective

慈愛

  1. loving; affectionate; kind

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Japanese
FWOTD – 15 May 2019
Kanji in this term
慈 愛
じ
Grade: S		 あい
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

慈愛 (hiragana じあい, rōmaji jiai)

  1. affection, frequently the love of a parent for a child
    • 2018 November 16, “‘Haha no jiai’ hatsugen, Koike chiji wa fukaikan [‘Mother’s love’ remark, Governor Koike uncomfortable]”, in Asahi Shimbun‎:
      東 (とう)京 (きょう)都 (と)の小池 (こいけ)百 (ゆ)合 (り)子 (こ)知 (ち)事 (じ)は、今月 (こんげつ)の全国 (ぜんこく)知 (ち)事 (じ)会議 (かいぎ)で鳥取県 (とっとりけん)の平井伸治知事 (ひらいしんじちじ)から「母 (はは)の慈愛 (じあい)の心 (こころ)を持 (も)って」と言 (い)われたことに対 (たい)し、１６日 (にち)の定 (てい)例 (れい)会見 (かいけん)で「私 (わたし)は母 (はは)になれなかった。安 (あん)易 (い)な発言 (はつげん)で、大変傷 (たいへんきず)ついた」と不快感 (ふかいかん)を示 (しめ)した。
      Tōkyō-to no Koike Yuriko chiji wa, kongetsu no zenkoku chiji kaigi de Tottori-ken no Hirai Shinji chiji kara “haha no jiai no kokoro o motte” to iwareta koto ni taishi, 16 nichi no teirei kaiken de “Watashi wa haha ni narenakatta. An'ina hatsugen de, taihen kizutsuita” to fukaikan o shimeshita.
      Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike responded to Tottori governor Shinji Hirai’s comment at this month’s national governors’ meeting that she “has a mother’s affectionate heart”. During a regular interview on the 16th she expressed discomfort saying, “I never became a mother. This offhand comment hurt me terribly.”

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