Illustration: An elderly woman sits on the floor of her quiet living room, holding a framed photograph of her late husband against her chest. Her eyes are closed, tears run down her cheeks, and her mouth is open in an unguarded sob. Beside her, his familiar cardigan remains folded over his empty chair.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

嘆なげき

nageki

grief, lamentation

Example sentences

彼かれは彼女かのじょの嘆なげきの種たねでした。
He was the agent of her despair.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
これを聞きいた時ときの彼女かのじょの嘆なげきは一通ひととおりでなかった。
Her grief at this news was excessive.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
やがて源氏みなもとしが帰京ききょうしたが、末摘花すえつむはなは相変あいかわらず忘わすれられたきりで嘆なげきに暮くれる。
After a while, Genji returned to Kyoto but, as before, Suetsumuhana was left alone, overcome with grief.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 嘆

嘆sigh; lamentOnタンKunなげく・なげかわしい

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