哀れ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
哀
あわ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

哀(あわ)れ • (aware) ←あはれ (afare)? -na (adnominal 哀(あわ)れな (aware na), adverbial 哀(あわ)れに (aware ni))

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

Inflection

Noun

哀(あわ)れ • (aware) ←あはれ (afare)?

  1. pity

Derived terms

References

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