Word details

心細い

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 心細い.

Dictionary

Entry

心細いこころぼそい~い Adj.Freq #6463
1

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging; disheartening

Examples
彼が帰ってきたのは、ホームシックにかかったからではなく、ふところが心細くなったからである。
He came back not because he was homesick, but because he was running short of money.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

心

heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

4 strokesFrequency 157JLPT N3Grade 2

On

シン

Kun

こころ-ごころ
細

dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow, detailed, precise

11 strokesFrequency 537JLPT N2Grade 2

On

サイ

Kun

ほそ.いほそ.るこま.かこま.かい

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