音読み: イ
訓読み: なぐさめる・なぐさむ
画数: 15
部首: こころ（心）
Meaning
To console / Comfort / Soothe
- Basic forms
- 慰める — comfort; console / base form
- 慰めます — comforts; consoles / masu form
- 慰めた — comforted / ta form
- 慰めて — comforting … / te form
- 慰めない — do not comfort / negative
- 慰めれば — if (one) comforts / conditional
- Common expressions
- 友人を慰める — comfort a friend
- 一生懸命に慰めた — tried hard to comfort (someone)
- あの言葉に慰められた — was comforted by those words
- More
- 慰めている — is comforting / state
慰める（なぐさめる） is an ichidan transitive verb. It means to ease someone’s sadness, pain, or emotional distress, often through words, presence, or gentle actions.
- 慰める — to console; to comfort
- 慰む — to be consoled; to feel soothed
- 慰謝料 — consolation money; damages for mental distress
- 慰労 — appreciation for one’s efforts; to give thanks for labor
- 慰問 — visiting to comfort (victims, the sick, troops, etc.)
- 慰霊祭 — memorial service for the departed
慰 combines the heart radical 心 with the phonetic element 尉 (giving the sound イ). The image is a heart being calmed — words and acts that steady someone’s feelings.