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    3. 惨め

    惨め

    惨みじめ​

    miserable

    N1KMT10News #35+1CoreAdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab13 strokes

    みじめ

    Adjective

    1.
    miserable, wretched, unhappy, sad, pitiable

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    彼かれは惨みじめな気き分ぶんで家いえに帰かえった。

    He returned home feeling miserable.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    失しっ敗ぱい続づつきで、彼かれは惨みじめな思おもいをしていた。

    After repeated failures, he felt wretched.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    飢うえと寒さむさで、その難なん民みんたちの生せい活かつは惨みじめなものだった。

    Due to hunger and cold, the refugees' lives were miserable.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law
    惨みじめな敗はい北ぼくの後あと、チームは再さい起きを誓ちかった。

    After a miserable defeat, the team vowed to make a comeback.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologySports & Martial Arts
    文ぶん学がく作さく品ひんでは、主しゅ人じん公こうの惨みじめな境きょう遇ぐうが読どく者しゃの心こころを打うつことがある。

    In literary works, the protagonist's miserable circumstances can move readers' hearts.

    KMT10LiteratureEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    惨
    みじ.め・いた.む・むご.い…(2)
    wretched・disaster・cruelty・harsh
    Kanji
    め
    me
    Kana
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