Usage of an adjective 細やか（な）


I have met the sentence:

  * 各学生への **細やかな** 配慮と個人的な学術的な指導があるため。

The word **細やかな** is translated in the dictionary usually as _friendly_ or
_tender_.

1) Could you please tell me more exact translation of this word and of the
whole sentence? 2) And in which contexts is this word most suitable?

Thank you.




The term 「細やか」, as suggested by the letter "細", has the nuance like _finesse_
, _delicateness_ , _subtleness_ , _sensitiveness_. So when it is used to
modify 配慮(concideration/care), the outline of the meaning of the expression
"細やかな配慮" is that there has been a careful, adequate and warm care for the
students, which supported each student in need. The support was accessible and
was regardful of the different states that different students had.

Modifying the word like "配慮" and "心づかい" is one of the most suitable contexts
for this word. It can also be used to describe other things. Some examples
taken from [青空文庫](http://www.aozora.gr.jp/) :

> 隣家の主婦の愛情の細やかさ (横光利一,
> [睡蓮](http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000168/files/1103.html))

,

> 人の生活の細やかな味わい (有島武郎,
> [幻想](http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000025/files/4666_20525.html))

,

> 生々と細やかに描き出され (宮本百合子,
> [同志小林の業績の評価によせて](http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000311/files/2842_8479.html))

,

> 光琳の蒔絵のような細やかな柳の葉をすいすいすいすい描き出した (正岡容,
> [圓朝花火](http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/001313/files/47769_34009.html))




The term 「細やか」, as suggested by the letter "細", has the nuance like _finesse_
, _delicateness_ , _subtleness_ , _sensitiveness_. So when it is used to
modify 配慮(concideration/care), the outline of the meaning of the expression
"細やかな配慮" is that there has been a careful, adequate and warm care for the
students, which supported each student in need. The support was accessible and
was regardful of the different states that different students had.

Modifying the word like "配慮" and "心づかい" is one of the most suitable contexts
for this word. It can also be used to describe other things. Some examples
taken from [青空文庫](http://www.aozora.gr.jp/) :

> 隣家の主婦の愛情の細やかさ (横光利一,
> [睡蓮](http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000168/files/1103.html))

,

> 人の生活の細やかな味わい (有島武郎,
> [幻想](http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000025/files/4666_20525.html))

,

> 生々と細やかに描き出され (宮本百合子,
> [同志小林の業績の評価によせて](http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000311/files/2842_8479.html))

,

> 光琳の蒔絵のような細やかな柳の葉をすいすいすいすい描き出した (正岡容,
> [圓朝花火](http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/001313/files/47769_34009.html))

