This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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さび
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
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じゃく
(entering into) nirvana; used after a date to indicate the death of a monk at that time; silent; tranquil
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寂しい

淋しい
さびしい、さみしい
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
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静寂

せいじゃく、しじま
silence; stillness; quietness
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寂れる

荒びれる
v1
vi
さびれる
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
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寂寞

寂莫
せきばく、じゃくまく
loneliness; desolation; lonely; lonesome; dreary; desolate; deserted; harsh (words); cutting (criticism); to separate in thought; to consider as independent
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寂寥

寂りょう
せきりょう
loneliness; desolateness
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寂滅為楽

exp
じゃくめついらく
Freedom from one's desires (Entry into Nirvana) is true bliss
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心寂しい

こころさびしい
lonely; lonesome
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心寂しい

うら寂しい、心淋しい
うらさびしい
lonesome; lonely; forlorn