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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

絶ぜつ望ぼう

zetsubou

despair, hopelessness

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしはしばしば絶望ぜつぼう感かんに襲おそわれた。

    I was often seized by despair.

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  2. 彼かれは絶望ぜつぼうして帰宅きたくした。

    He came home in despair.

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  3. 絶望ぜつぼうから立たち直なおった。

    He rallied from despair.

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Kanji in 絶望

  • 絶discontinue; severOnゼツKunたえる・たやす・たつ
  • 望ambition; full moonOnボウ・モウKunのぞむ・もち

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