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物悲しい

もの悲しい、 もの哀しい、 物哀しい

Reading

Kana: ものがなしい
Romaji: monoganashii
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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sad; melancholy

Kanji

Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: ヒ、 かな.しい、 かな.しむ
Meanings: grieve, sad, deplore, regret
Readings: アイ、 あわ.れ、 あわ.れむ、 かな.しい
Meanings: pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize

Example Sentence

(わたし)はその演奏家(えんそうか)にフルートで(なに)かもの(がな)しい(きょく)()いて()しいとおもった。
➥I wanted the musician to play some sad tune on his flute.
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