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How to say "Consideration" in Japanese

If you are wondering what's the Japanese word for "Consideration" you've come to the right place!

the Japanese word for "Consideration" is "Omoiyari", written in japanese as "思いやり".

Here's a more detailed explanation:

The noun '思いやり (おもいやり)' refers to the act of showing consideration, empathy and care for others. It describes the quality of being thoughtful and sensitive to the needs and feelings of those around you. A person with '思いやり' will make efforts to understand others and act in a way that takes their situation into account. Examples: She has a lot of '思いやり' for her elderly neighbors - (彼女は老齢の隣人に思いやりがある). He treated her with great '思いやり' during her difficult time - (彼は彼女の大変な時期に大きな思いやりを見せた).

The Kanji are characters that represent meanings. As you can see, this word is made up of 1 Kanji:

The kanji "思" means "Think" and can be read as "Shi" and "Omo"

Now, let's make sure you understand this word the other way around too.

What does "Omoiyari" mean in japanese?

"Omoiyari" means "Consideration" .

To learn more about the kanji in this word, checkout this pages:

What is the Kanji for think?

If you also want to learn how to write this word in Japanese, you can checkout this page:

How to write "Consideration" in Japanese

To make really sure you learn this word, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this word and of the characters that comprise it.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "い" is read as "i". The hiragana "や" is read as "ya". The hiragana "り" is read as "ri". The hiragana "し" is read as "shi". The hiragana "お" is read as "o". And The hiragana "も" is read as "mo".

About kanji, you need to know that most Kanji have two types of readings: Kunyomi, based on native japanese pronunciation. And onyomi, based on chinese pronunciation.