みじめ
N2 mijime
- (archaic) sad
- pitiful
- wretched
な-adjective
Also written 惨め
Chinese meanings
悲惨;可怜
Examples
- わたしはそのことで全くみじめです。I am quite unhappy about it.我为此感到非常痛苦。
- 彼は生活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"
}
}