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    3. 嘆く

    嘆く

    嘆なげく​

    to lament

    N1KMT8CoreEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    歎く

    なげく

    Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    1.
    to lament, to grieve, to regret

    Verb, Transitive

    2.
    to deplore

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    彼かれは友ゆう人じんの死しを深ふかく嘆なげいた。

    He deeply grieved the death of his friend.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    失うしなわれた機き会かいを嘆なげいても、もう戻もどらない。

    Even if you lament lost opportunities, they won't come back.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょは自じ分ぶんの不ふ注ちゅう意いを嘆なげき、涙なみだを流ながした。

    She lamented her carelessness and shed tears.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    経けい済ざいの低てい迷めいを嘆なげく声こえが、あちこちで聞きかれる。

    Voices lamenting the economic stagnation are heard everywhere.

    KMT8Business & FinanceEmotions & Psychology
    多おおくの人ひと々びとが、環かん境きょう破は壊かいの現げん状じょうを嘆なげいている。

    Many people are deploring the current state of environmental destruction.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    嘆
    なげ.く・なげ.かわしい…(1)
    sigh・lament・moan・grieve・sigh of admiration
    Kanji
    く
    ku
    Kana
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