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    3. 断腸

    断腸

    断だん腸ちょう

    heartbreak

    KMT9News #30+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab24 strokes

    だんちょう

    Noun

    1.
    heartbreak, grief, sorrow

    Stroke 0 / 24

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれの死しは断 腸 の思おもいだった。

    His death was heartbreaking.

    KMT6Emotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょは断 腸 の思おもいで、故こ郷きょうを後あとにした。

    With a heavy heart, she left her hometown.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    その悲ひ劇げき的てきな物ものが語たりは、読どく者しゃに断 腸 の悲かなしみをもたらした。

    That tragic story brought heartbreaking sorrow to the readers.

    KMT8LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    愛あいするペットとの別わかれは、断 腸 の苦くるしみだった。

    Parting with my beloved pet was a heartbreaking agony.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyAnimals
    国くにを離はなれる決けつ断だんは、彼かれにとって断 腸 の思おもいであったに違ちがいない。

    The decision to leave his country must have been heartbreaking for him.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    断
    た.つ・ことわ.る・さだ.める…(1)
    severance・decline・refuse・apologize・warn…(5)
    腸
    はらわた・わた…(1)
    intestines・guts・bowels・viscera
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