Vocab Info

N5 な-Adjective

可哀想(かわいそう)

poor, pitiable, pathetic, pitiful

    Details

    • Pitch Accent

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    • Word Type

      な-Adjective

    • 単語の書類

      形容動詞

    Examples

    • (いじ)められている()可哀想(かわいそう)(おも)

      I feel sorry for children who are being abused.

      • N5
    • 可哀想(かわいそう)に、彼女(かのじょ)はまた()られた。

      Poor girl, she got dumped again.

      • N5
    • (むすめ):「(いち)(にち)()時間(じかん)勉強(べんきょう)をしなくてはいけない…。」(はは):「可哀想(かわいそう)…。」

      Daughter: 'I have to study for five hours a day....' Mother: 'You poor thing.'

      • N5
    • (ぼく)のことを「可哀想(かわいそう)だ」と(おも)わないで(くだ)さい。

      Please don't feel sorry for me.

      • N5
    • 三日間(みっかかん)(なに)()べてないなんて、とても可哀想(かわいそう)です。

      It's so sad that he hasn't eaten anything for three days.

      • N4
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