哀
哀

pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize

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あわ.れあわ.れむかな.しい

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Common Words

悲しい哀しいかなしい愛しい～い Adj.Freq #1014
1

Of a person

sad; miserable; unhappy; sorrowful

Examples
そんな悲しい目で見ないで。
Don't give me such a sad look.
2

Of a thing, incident, etc.

sad; lamentable; deplorable; grievous

悲しみ哀しみ愛しみかなしみNounFreq #2641
1

sadness; sorrow; grief

Examples
時はどんな悲しみも癒してくれる。
Time tames the strongest grief.
2

愛しみ only; Archaic

affection; love

かわいそう《可哀想》《可哀相》《可哀そう》可愛そうNoun～な Adj.Usually kanaFreq #2749
1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

Examples
私は何匹かのかわいそうな猫が追い出されるのを見た。
I saw some poor cats kicked out.
悲しむ哀しむかなしむTransitiveGodan verbFreq #2812
1

to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

Examples
悲しんでいる彼女をそっとしておきなさい。
Do not obtrude upon her sorrow.
哀れ憐れ憫れあわれあはれFreq #4347
1

Common noun

pity; sorrow; grief; misery; compassion; pathos

Examples
彼女は哀れを誘う有様だった。
She was in a piteous state.
2

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

pitiable; pitiful; pathetic; miserable

Examples
彼は神にあわれな少女を助けてくださいと祈った。
He prayed to God to help the poor girl.
3

Interjection

alack; alas

悲しげ哀しげ悲し気哀し気かなしげNoun～な Adj.Freq #13690
1

seeming sad

哀れむ憐れむあわれむTransitiveGodan verbFreq #15208
1

to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on

Examples
人々はその孤児を哀れんだ。
People took pity on the orphan.
2

哀れむ only; Poetical term

to enjoy the beauty of; to appreciate; to admire

哀れみ憐れみあわれみ憫れみ愍れみNoun～の Adj.Freq #19070
1

pity; compassion

Examples
暴君の心は哀れみの情で和らいだ。
The tyrant's heart melted with compassion.
悲哀ひあいNounFreq #19158
1

sorrow; grief; sadness

Examples
知識を増す者は悲哀を増す。
He that increases knowledge increases sorrows.
哀願あいがんNounIntransitiveTransitive～する VerbFreq #22322
1

supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition

Examples
彼は妻に別れないでくれと哀願した。
He entreated his wife not to leave him.
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