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    3. 哀切

    哀切

    哀あい切せつ

    pathetic

    KMT10News #43+1Noun, AdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab13 strokes

    あいせつ

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    pathetic, plaintive

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    その歌うたは哀あい切せつなメロディーだった。

    That song had a plaintive melody.

    KMT8Music & EntertainmentEmotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょの語かたる物ものが語たりには、哀あい切せつな響ひびきがあった。

    There was a plaintive resonance in the story she told.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyLiterature
    彼かれの人じん生せいは、哀あい切せつな運うん命めいに翻ほん弄ろうされたかのようだった。

    His life seemed to have been at the mercy of a pathetic fate.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    その画が家 は、哀あい切せつな表ひょう情じょうの人じん物ぶつ画がを多おおく描えがいた。

    That painter depicted many portraits with plaintive expressions.

    KMT10Art & DesignEmotions & Psychology
    舞ぶ台たいのクライマックスでは、主しゅ人じん公こうの哀あい切せつな叫さけびが観かん客きゃくの胸むねを打うった。

    In the climax of the play, the protagonist's pathetic cry moved the audience deeply.

    KMT10Music & EntertainmentEmotions & PsychologyLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    哀
    あわ.れ・あわ.れむ・かな.しい…(1)
    pathetic・grief・sorrow・pathos・pity…(1)
    切
    き.る・-き.る・き.り・-き.り・-ぎ.り・き.れる…(9)
    cut・cutoff・be sharp
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