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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

哀あわれむ

awaremu

to pity, to feel sympathy for

Example sentences

  1. 憐あわれんだ政子まさこが多おおくの重宝じゅうほうを持もたせたという。

    It is said that Masako, feeling sorry for them, gave them plenty of valuables.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. この歌を聞いた後白河法皇は哀れんで、惟方を赦免し都に召還したという。

    When the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa read this poem, he felt sorry for Korekata and pardoned and summoned him to the capital.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. しかし、神かみは人ひとを哀あわれみ、少すこしでも若返わかがえりできるよう、その時ときから毎年まいとし、節祭せつさいの祭日さいじつに「若水わかみず」を送おくることとなった。

    However, gods pitied humans, and every year since then, they send 'wakamizu' on the day of the setsusai so that the humans can regain a little bit of their youth.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 哀

  • 哀pathetic; griefOnアイKunあわれ・あわれむ・かなしい

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