Illustration: At an arcade claw machine, a plush seal has just slipped from the claw and landed on the rim of the prize chute, tumbling back into the cabinet.

JLPT N4na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

残ざん念ねん

zannen

unfortunate, disappointing

Example sentences

  1. 行いけなくて残念ざんねんです。

    I’m sorry I can’t go.

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  2. 残念ざんねんだ！

    What a pity!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 天気てんきが悪わるくて残念ざんねんだ。

    We are sorry about the bad weather.

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Kanji in 残念

  • 残remainder; leftoverOnザン・サンKunのこる・のこす・そこなう
  • 念wish; senseOnネン

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