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哀あわれ

N3
あわれ aware
  1. helpless
  2. pity
  3. sorrow
  4. grief
noun

Chinese meanings

可怜;怜悯;悲哀

Examples

  • 彼かの女じょは哀あわれを誘さそう有様ありさまだった。
    She was in a piteous state.
    她的样子令人怜悯。
  • 彼かれはしょんぼりして、哀あわれに見みえた。
    He looked piteous, like a drowned mouse.
    他垂头丧气,看上去很可怜。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e9d213fb20'); // 哀れ
{
  "id": "e9d213fb20",
  "word": "哀れ",
  "reading": "あわれ",
  "romaji": "aware",
  "meanings": [
    "helpless",
    "pity",
    "sorrow",
    "grief"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1150110,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼女は哀れを誘う有様だった。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{哀|あわ}れを{誘|さそ}う{有様|ありさま}だった。",
      "en": "She was in a piteous state.",
      "tatoeba_id": 74068
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼はしょんぼりして、哀れに見えた。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}はしょんぼりして、{哀|あわ}れに{見|み}えた。",
      "en": "He looked piteous, like a drowned mouse.",
      "tatoeba_id": 113507
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "ebfdb18d36bc38144aa36e23a0c55d3a9c157d85c723c2f2808ac480db93169f",
    "meanings": [
      "可怜",
      "怜悯",
      "悲哀"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼女は哀れを誘う有様だった。",
        "zh": "她的样子令人怜悯。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼はしょんぼりして、哀れに見えた。",
        "zh": "他垂头丧气,看上去很可怜。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/e9d213fb20",
      "JMdict_e.gz, ent_seq 1150110",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "7e7970e7c85a818dd891a4024f2924557cab82ed254440077e2e43106baf33c1"
  }
}