かわいそう

kawaisou

poor
pitiable
pathetic

な-adjectivenoun

Also written 可哀想

Chinese meanings

可怜；令人同情

Examples

彼女は可哀想に思って、その子達の面倒をみた。
She cared for the children out of charity.
她觉得孩子们可怜，就照顾了他们。
Tatoeba #95500

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('9ace958be5'); // かわいそう

{
  "id": "9ace958be5",
  "word": "かわいそう",
  "reading": "かわいそう",
  "romaji": "kawaisou",
  "meanings": [
    "poor",
    "pitiable",
    "pathetic"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na",
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1590740,
  "other_forms": [
    "可哀想"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼女は可哀想に思って、その子達の面倒をみた。",
      "en": "She cared for the children out of charity.",
      "tatoeba_id": 95500
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "256ac90d0799f58339383d5e800f35b04fb76b53208b0000b8d83157f00f95d5",
    "meanings": [
      "可怜",
      "令人同情"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼女は可哀想に思って、その子達の面倒をみた。",
        "zh": "她觉得孩子们可怜，就照顾了他们。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/9ace958be5",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1590740; 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": "b7a2255a81098f275482373f282c130fa719c524c546e6595b7cd400e2f71bea"
  }
}