N12761/3019

びん

rarely used kanji formな adjectiveadjective (generic)nounnoun (generic)

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Meanings

poor, pitiful, piteous, pitiable

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Example sentences

おやくした子供こどもたちが不憫ふびんでならない。

I can't help but feel sorry for the children who lost their parents.

彼女かのじょ境遇きょうぐうはあまりにも不憫ふびんだと、まわりの人々ひとびとみな同情どうじょうした。

Everyone around her sympathized, saying her circumstances were too pitiful.

不憫ふびんうえかた老人ろうじんはなしに、おもわずなみだた。

Tears came to me unbidden as I listened to the old man tell of his pitiful circumstances.

一人ひとりのこされた老婆ろうば不憫ふびんおもえて、毎日まいにち様子ようすっている。

Feeling sorry for the old woman left all alone, I go to check on her every day.

おさなくして両親りょうしんうしなったかれちは、だれいても不憫ふびんとしかいようがないほど過酷かこくなものであった。

His upbringing, having lost both parents at such a young age, was so harsh that anyone who heard about it could only describe it as pitiable.