(じょうそう)

じょうそう
noun
sentiment; emotional sensitivity; aesthetic feeling
1. sentiment; emotional sensitivity; aesthetic sensibility
The capacity to appreciate beauty, morality, and intellectual values. Often used in educational contexts to describe the cultivation of a well-rounded emotional and aesthetic sense.
音楽(おんがく)子供(こども)情操(じょうそう)(はぐく)む。
Music nurtures children's emotional sensitivity.
情操教育(じょうそうきょういく)学校(がっこう)だけでなく家庭(かてい)でも大切(たいせつ)だ。
Emotional education is important not only at school but also at home.
自然(しぜん)(なか)(あそ)ぶことは(ゆた)かな情操(じょうそう)(やしな)うのに役立(やくだ)つ。
Playing in nature helps develop a rich emotional sensibility.

USAGE:
Most commonly encountered in the compound 情操教育(じょうそうきょういく) (emotional/aesthetic education), which refers to education aimed at developing a child's appreciation for beauty, morality, and empathy through music, art, nature, and literature.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 情操教育(じょうそうきょういく) (emotional/aesthetic education)
  • 情操(じょうそう)(はぐく)む (to nurture emotional sensitivity)
  • (ゆた)かな情操(じょうそう) (rich emotional sensibility)
  • 情操(じょうそう)(やしな)う (to cultivate emotional sensitivity)