a hand / a handle, grip / a paw, foreleg / a way of acting, means / (board games) a move, play

柔らかい: soft

soft / gentle

soft / tender / pliable / flabby / flexible / yielding

soft

strengthens the prefixed adjective or adjectival noun

one who does the previous word's action: -ist, -er / (board games) counter for moves in shogi, go, etc.

hand / handicraft, skill, talent / one who does an action: -ist, -er / handwork

(childish) Alternative spelling of おてて (“hand”)

to hold in one's hand / to obtain