Vocab Info
N5 な-adjective, Noun
可哀想poor, pitiable, pathetic, pitiful
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- な-adjective, Noun - 1. - poor, pitiable, pathetic, pitiful Usually written using kana alone
 
All Forms
可哀想 【かわいそう】、可哀相 【かわいそう】、可哀そう 【かわいそう】、可愛そう 【かわいそう】
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- 虐められている子を可哀想に思う。 - I feel sorry for children who are being abused. - N5
 
- 可哀想に、彼女はまた振られた。 - Poor girl, she got dumped again. - N5
 
- 自分に自信を持てない自分を可哀想だと思う。 - The part of me that does not have confidence in themselves is pathetic. 
- 娘:「一日に五時間も勉強をしなくてはいけない…。」母:「可哀想…。」 - Daughter: 'I have to study for five hours a day....' Mother: 'I feel sorry for you.' - N5
 
- 孤児院にいる子供たちは、とても可哀想だ。 - The children at the orphanage are so pitiable. 
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