How to Say ‘You look kind’ in Japanese
優しそう
yasashi sou
[yah-SAH-shee soh]
💬 Usage Tip: Drop the final い of an adjective and add そう to mean "looks…": 優しい becomes 優しそう. おいしそう means "looks tasty".
Phrase Breakdown
優し
yasashi
[yah-SAH-shee]
kind; gentle
Stem of 優しい, used before そう.
優しそうな人ですね。
He looks like a kind person.
そう
sou
[soh]
seems; looks like
Attached to a word stem to express appearance or impression.
とても優しそうですね。
You seem very kind.
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