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JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

心こころ細ぼそい

kokorobosoi

lonely, insecure

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれが帰かえってきたのは、ホームシックにかかったからではなく、ふところが心細こころぼそくなったからである。

    He came back not because he was homesick, but because he was running short of money.

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  2. とても心細こころぼそいです。

    I’m so lonely.

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  3. 君きみがいないと心細こころぼそい。

    When you are away, I feel lost.

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Kanji in 心細

  • 心heart; mindOnシンKunこころ
  • 細dainty; get thinOnサイKunほそい・ほそる・こまか

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