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憐
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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.
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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.
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Interjection
alack; alas
1
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute
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pitiful; pitiable
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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.
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哀れむ only; Poetical term
to enjoy the beauty of; to appreciate; to admire
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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.
