niceness
優しさ
解説 Definition
人柄が良く親切であること。感じの良さや思いやりのある性質。
Niceness is the quality of being kind, pleasant, and friendly to other people. It is often used when talking about someone's behavior, attitude, or the warm feeling they give to others. The word is common in everyday English and usually has a positive, simple tone.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
nice が分かれば、niceness は「niceな状態・性質」とそのまま取れる。-ness は darkness, kindness などと同じ「〜さ」を作る名詞語尾。kindness が思いやりや親切な行為そのものに寄りやすいのに対し、niceness は人当たりのよさ、感じのよさまで含めて柔らかい。a person’s niceness, her niceness to others の形で、人柄を褒める場面と結びつけて覚えると残りやすい。
Start with the easy word nice, then add -ness, the common ending that makes a quality: kindness, softness, darkness. So niceness is simply the quality of being nice. Remember it in phrases like "her niceness" or "his niceness to others."
例文
Her niceness toward strangers made everyone feel welcome in her home.
彼女の見知らぬ人への優しさは、誰もが彼女の家で歓迎されていると感じさせた。
Some people mistook his niceness for weakness, but they were wrong.
彼の優しさを弱さと勘違いする人もいたが、それは間違いだった。
The niceness of the staff at that restaurant is what keeps customers coming back.
あのレストランのスタッフの感じの良さが、客をリピーターにしている理由だ。
niceness の類義語・関連語
派生語
niceness の語源・成り立ち Etymology
niceness は nice＋-ness で、「…な性質」を表す名詞です。nice は古フランス語を経てラテン語 nescius「知らない」に由来し、もとは「愚かな」が長い意味変化で「感じのよい・親切な」へ移ったため、niceness が今は「優しさ」を表します。関連語は science、conscience。
Niceness comes from nice plus the noun ending -ness, meaning "the quality of being." Nice entered English through Old French from Latin nescius, meaning "ignorant" or "not knowing." Its meaning changed greatly over time, moving from "foolish" or "fussy" to "pleasant" or "kind," and niceness followed that later sense. Related words from the same Latin root include science and conscience.
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