哀れ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あわ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Originally meant "deeply touching or moving", without a negative connotation.

Pronunciation

Adjective

哀れ (-na inflection, hiragana あわれ, rōmaji aware, historical hiragana あはれ)

  1. pitiful, miserable
     (あわ) (もの)
    aware na mono
    wretched fellow

Inflection

Noun

哀れ (hiragana あわれ, rōmaji aware, historical hiragana あはれ)

  1. pity

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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