気の毒
N3きのどく kinodoku
- pitiful
- a pity
な-adjectivenoun
Chinese meanings
可怜;同情;过意不去
Examples
- 私たちはその老夫婦を気の毒に思った。We were sorry for the old couple.我们同情那对老夫妇。
- 彼を気の毒におもわずにはいられない。I cannot but feel sorry for him.我忍不住同情他。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('175ca187e3'); // 気の毒
{
"id": "175ca187e3",
"word": "気の毒",
"reading": "きのどく",
"romaji": "kinodoku",
"meanings": [
"pitiful",
"a pity"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"adj-na",
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1221770,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私たちはその老夫婦を気の毒に思った。",
"en": "We were sorry for the old couple.",
"tatoeba_id": 166340
},
{
"ja": "彼を気の毒におもわずにはいられない。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}を{気|き}の{毒|どく}におもわずにはいられない。",
"en": "I cannot but feel sorry for him.",
"tatoeba_id": 86122
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "6307ebe4d03eb47857bf46a8aa5b96739a4fc93b66bafd7082c0407a3bebb808",
"meanings": [
"可怜",
"同情",
"过意不去"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私たちはその老夫婦を気の毒に思った。",
"zh": "我们同情那对老夫妇。"
},
{
"ja": "彼を気の毒におもわずにはいられない。",
"zh": "我忍不住同情他。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/175ca187e3",
"JMdict ent_seq 1221770; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "24d2f5e20a0b2da0aa794af903e50f8b3901b89501852526e5fd24ae30289dcf"
}
}