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かわいそう

atejiusually written using kana aloneな adjectiveadjective (generic)nounnoun (generic)

かわいそう

poor, pitiable, pathetic, pitiful

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あの捨すて猫ねこが可哀想かわいそうで、家いえに連つれて帰かえった。

I felt so sorry for that abandoned cat that I brought it home.

一人ひとりで泣ないている子供こどもを見みて、可哀想かわいそうだと思おもった。

Seeing the child crying alone, I thought it was pitiful.

彼女かのじょは可哀想かわいそうな生おい立たちにもかかわらず、明あかるく生いきている。

Despite her pitiful upbringing, she lives cheerfully.

そんなに叱しからないで。あの子こが可哀想かわいそうじゃないか。

Don't scold so much. Don't you feel sorry for that child?

長年ながねん連つれ添そった伴侶はんりょを失うしなった老人ろうじんの姿すがたは、見みていて実じつに可哀想かわいそうであった。

The sight of the elderly man who had lost his lifelong companion was truly pitiable to witness.

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

price, cost; value, worth, merit

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)