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JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

痛いたましい

itamashii

heartbreaking, pitiful

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは痛いたましいほどやせていた。

    He was painfully thin.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 病気びょうきの子こどもの痛いたましい泣なき声ごえを聞きくのは我々われわれには耐たえられなかった。

    We could not bear to listen to the sick child’s pathetic cries.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 痛いたましいニュースが飛とび込こんできた。

    Heartbreaking news came in.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 痛

  • 痛pain; hurtOnツウKunいたい・いたむ・いたましい

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