哀れみ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
哀
あわ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

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Noun

哀(あわ)れみ • (awaremi) ←あはれみ (afaremi)?

  1. pity, compassion
    • 1904, chapter 5, in 明治元訳新約聖書 (Meiji Gen'yaku Seisho) (Meiji Bible)‎, verse 7:
      矜恤(あはれみ)ある者(もの)は福(さいはひ)なり其(その)人(ひと)は矜恤(あはれみ)を得(う)べければ也(なり)
      awaremi aru mono wa saiwai nari sono hito wa awaremi o u bekereba nari
      Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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