Illustration: Under the shallow eaves behind a small apartment building, a soaked kitten crouches inside a cardboard box that has sagged from rain. Its fur clings to its thin body, its ears droop, and its paws are tucked tightly together on the last dry scrap of fabric.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

哀あわれ

aware

pitiful

Example sentences

その哀あわれな子供こどもに彼女かのじょは心こころを痛いためた。
Her heart ached for the poor child.
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彼かれは神かみにあわれな少女しょうじょを助たすけてくださいと祈いのった。
He prayed to God to help the poor girl.
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魔女まじょは哀あわれな少女しょうじょを呪のろった。
The witch cursed the poor little girl.
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Kanji in 哀

哀pathetic; griefOnアイKunあわれ・あわれむ・かなしい

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