Illustration: At a riverside picnic area, a young adult sits alone on a blanket with a lunch box open in their lap. Their body turns toward the empty half of the blanket, where an untouched second cup stands beside a folded napkin.

JLPT N5i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

寂さびしい

sabishii

lonely

Also commonly pronounced さみしい. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 会あえなくて淋さびしい。

    I miss you.

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  2. 一人ひとりで生活せいかつするのは寂さびしい。

    It is lonely to live alone.

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  3. 淋さびしいです。

    I’m lonely.

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Kanji in 寂

  • 寂loneliness; quietlyOnジャク・セキKunさび・さびしい・さびれる

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