Illustration: In a small apartment sitting room, two formally dressed visitors sit beside a low table with untouched tea. One still holds a rigid posture, but both have turned toward a kitten that has fallen asleep across their host's slipper.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

和なごむ

nagomu

to feel at ease, to soften

Example sentences

木きを見みると心こころが和なごんだ。
The trees comforted me.
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メアリーがいるだけで、場ばが和なごむわね。
Just having Mary around makes the atmosphere relaxed.
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ゆる～い感かんじで心こころ和なごむ話はなしなんだけど、実じつは結構人生けっこうじんせいの深ふかい真理しんりを語かたっているようにも思おもう。
It’s a laid-back, heartwarming story, but I think it actually conveys some fairly profound truths about life.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 和

和harmony; Japanese styleOnワ・オ・カKunやわらぐ・やわらげる・なごむ

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