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    3. 心細い

    心細い

    心こころ細ぼそい​

    helpless

    N1KMT10News #45+1CoreAdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab17 strokes

    こころぼそい

    Adjective

    1.
    helpless, forlorn, hopeless, unpromising, lonely, discouraging, disheartening

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    一ひと人りで知しらない街まちを歩あるくのは心こころ細ぼそい。

    Walking alone in an unfamiliar town feels lonely.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyTravel & Transportation
    遠とおい異い国こくでの生せい活かつは、最さい初しょはとても心こころ細ぼそかった。

    Life in a distant foreign country was very disheartening at first.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyTravel & Transportation
    頼たよれる人ひとが誰だれもいない状じょう況きょうで、彼かの女じょは心こころ細ぼそさに襲おそわれた。

    In a situation where there was no one to rely on, she was overcome with a feeling of helplessness.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    将しょう来らいへの不ふ安あんから、彼かれは心こころ細ぼそい気き持もちになった。

    Due to anxiety about the future, he felt forlorn.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    チームの仲なか間まがいないと、一ひと人りでこの仕し事ごとを続つづけるのは心こころ細ぼそい。

    Without my teammates, continuing this work alone feels disheartening.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career

    Characters that make up this word

    心
    こころ・-ごころ…(1)
    heart・mind・spirit・heart radical (no. 61)
    Kanji
    細
    ほそ.い・ほそ.る・こま.か・こま.かい…(1)
    dainty・get thin・taper・slender・narrow…(2)
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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