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Options for the meaning of "Environmentally Friendly"

mudgeguy

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While watching something on tellie the other day, an english speaker referred to his car as being "environmentally friendly" and then his Japanese friend said what I beleive was あっ、作りにやさしいね! (ah, tsukuri ni yasashii ne!) which i took to mean something like "made carefully with consideration to the environment".

I've only ever known the phrase 環境にやさしい (kankyou ni yasashii) so i'm just wondering if the other expression is a common one or just his mate's way of looking at things. I've not been able to find any other examples but then I never learnt to read/write 日本語.

よろしくね!
 
What the Japanese person said must be actually 地球にやさしい chikyū ni yasashii, meaning "earth‐friendly", which is also a common Japanese translation of "environmentally friendly".
 
なる程, that would fit perfectly. I wasn't sure I heard correctly so I went with what I thought I heard.
Are there many other phrases that use the [何とか
]にやさしい type of structure?

ありがとうございました。
 
Yes, there are so many examples;
人にやさしい
女性にやさしい
障害者にやさしい
高齢者にやさしい
肌にやさしい化粧品
髪にやさしいシャンプー
胃にやさしい食べ物
耳にやさしい響き
etc. etc....
 
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