Word details

嘆き悲しむ

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 嘆き悲しむ.

Dictionary

Entry

嘆き悲しむなげきかなしむGodan verbFreq #35671
1

to grieve and moan

Examples
彼女は夫の死を嘆き悲しむばかりであった。
She did nothing but grieve over her husband's death.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

嘆

sigh, lament, moan, grieve, sigh of admiration

13 strokesFrequency 1,584JLPT N1Grade 8

On

タン

Kun

なげ.くなげ.かわしい
悲

grieve, sad, deplore, regret

12 strokesFrequency 1,014JLPT N2Grade 3

On

ヒ

Kun

かな.しいかな.しむ

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