What does 親切 mean in Japanese?

親切 (しんせつ) means "warm; friendly" in Japanese.

親切

Q: How do you use 親切 in a sentence?

店員さんはとても親切です。 (てんいんさんはとてもしんせつです。) — The shop clerk is very kind.

Kana: しんせつ

warm; friendly

⛩️ Japanese Level 2 ✨ Describing Words

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店員さんはとても親切です。

てんいんさんはとてもしんせつです。

The shop clerk is very kind.

What 親切 means

親切 (しんせつ) is a Japanese word meaning “warm; friendly”. It belongs to the Describing Words topic and appears at Level 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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嬉しいうれしい happy; glad すぎるすぎる too; excessively 正しいただしい correct; right 間違いまちがい wrong; mistake 背が低いせがひくい short (in height) お腹いっぱいおなかいっぱい full (from eating) お腹がすくおなかがすく hungry 合うあう suitable; to fit 壊れるこわれる to break; broken 急ぐいそぐ to hurry; urgent 簡単かんたん simple 足りないたりない lacking; not enough

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What 親切 means

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