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JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

みじめ

mijime

miserable, wretched

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは若わかい頃ころ惨みじめな生活せいかつを送おくった。

    He lived a wretched life when young.

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  2. 私わたしはみじめで不幸ふこうだった。

    I was miserable and unhappy.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. その家族かぞくは戦争中せんそうちゅうみじめな生活せいかつをした。

    The family lived a wretched life during the war.

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