Word details

悲しいかな

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 悲しいかな.

Dictionary

Entry

悲しいかな悲しい哉哀哉かなしいかなExpressionFreq #25850
1

sad to say; how sad; alas

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

grieve, sad, deplore, regret

12 strokesFrequency 1,014JLPT N2Grade 3

On

Kun

かな.しいかな.しむ

how, what, alas, question mark, exclamation mark

9 strokesJLPT N1Grade 9

On

サイ

Kun

かな

Nanori

すけとしちかはじめ

pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize

9 strokesFrequency 1,715JLPT N1Grade 8

On

アイ

Kun

あわ.れあわ.れむかな.しい

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