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    3. 嘆息

    嘆息

    嘆たん息そく

    sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.)

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    歎息

    たんそく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.), grieving, lamenting, deploring

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    彼かれは失しっ敗ぱいに嘆たん息そくした。

    He sighed at his failure.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょは深ふかい嘆たん息そくをついて、椅い子すに座すわった。

    She let out a deep sigh and sat down on the chair.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    そのニュースを聞きいて、人ひと々びとは希き望ぼうを失うしない嘆たん息そくした。

    Hearing that news, people lost hope and sighed in despair.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれの嘆たん息そくは、長なが年ねんの苦く労ろうを物もの語がたっていた。

    His sigh spoke of years of hardship.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    詩し人じんは、失うしなわれた愛あいを嘆たん息そくしながら詩しを詠よんだ。

    The poet recited a poem, sighing over lost love.

    KMT10LiteratureEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    嘆
    なげ.く・なげ.かわしい…(1)
    sigh・lament・moan・grieve・sigh of admiration
    息
    いき…(1)
    breath・respiration・son・interest (on money)・rest…(1)
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