Illustration: In a small apartment kitchen, a home cook stands motionless beside an overturned plate, mouth open in a long, helpless exclamation. Their shoulders have dropped and both hands remain extended where the plate slipped.

JLPT N5interjectionLevel estimated by Bebop

嗚呼ああ

ah!, oh!, alas!

Usually written ああ; the kanji separates it from ああ (like that). Note written by AI.

Example sentences

ああ悲かなしい。
Ah, me!
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ああ、なるほど！
Ah, gotcha!
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ああ、また失敗しっぱいした。
Ah, I’ve failed again!
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Kanji in 嗚呼

嗚weep; ahOnウ・オKunああ
呼call; call out toOnコKunよぶ

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