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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

みじめ

N2
mijime
  1. (archaic) sad
  2. pitiful
  3. wretched
な-adjective

Also written 惨め

Chinese meanings

悲惨;可怜

Examples

  • わたしはそのことで全まったくみじめです。
    I am quite unhappy about it.
    我为此感到非常痛苦。
  • 彼かれは生せい活かつがみじめなんですよ。
    He's leading a dog's life.
    他的生活很悲惨。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('06f8dff15d'); // みじめ
{
  "id": "06f8dff15d",
  "word": "みじめ",
  "reading": "みじめ",
  "romaji": "mijime",
  "meanings": [
    "(archaic) sad",
    "pitiful",
    "wretched"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1303280,
  "other_forms": [
    "惨め"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "わたしはそのことで全くみじめです。",
      "furigana": "わたしはそのことで{全|まった}くみじめです。",
      "en": "I am quite unhappy about it.",
      "tatoeba_id": 191848
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は生活がみじめなんですよ。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{生活|せいかつ}がみじめなんですよ。",
      "en": "He's leading a dog's life.",
      "tatoeba_id": 103212
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "74a85a307f2319a27e322cdf84677e2ec6b839ce4f19e161d3c871f4eb39cba0",
    "meanings": [
      "悲惨",
      "可怜"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "わたしはそのことで全くみじめです。",
        "zh": "我为此感到非常痛苦。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は生活がみじめなんですよ。",
        "zh": "他的生活很悲惨。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/06f8dff15d",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1303280; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "8ecc7f12388a84ca45f0534cc466cbb8875a3da8abf13ef342877db4a61ce593"
  }
}