哀惜

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 哀惜. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 哀惜, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 哀惜 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 哀惜 you have here. The definition of the word 哀惜 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of哀惜, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
哀 惜
あい
Grade: S 		せき
Grade: S
on'yomi kan'on

Pronunciation

Noun

哀(あい)惜(せき) • (aiseki) ←あいせき (aiseki)?

  1. grief, sorrow, mournfulness
    • 1937, 火野葦平, 糞尿譚‎, 青空文庫:
      老齢(ろうれい)のため何(なに)かと修繕代(しゅうぜんだい)の嵩(かさ)む自動車(じどうしゃ)を一寸怨(ちょっとうら)めしそうに見(み)たが、もとよりそれは心(こころ)からの恨(うら)みでは毛頭(もうとう)なく寧(むし)ろ長(なが)い間(あいだ)、自分(じぶん)と苦難(くなん)を倶(とも)にして来(き)たために、こんなにも古(ふる)ぼけた傷(いた)ましい姿(すがた)になり果(は)てたトラックへの限(かぎ)りない哀惜(あいせき)のこころであった。
      rōrei no tame nani ka to shūzendai no kasamu jidōsha o chotto urameshisō ni mita ga, moto yori sore wa kokoro kara no urami de wa mōtō naku mushiro nagai aida, jibun to kunan o tomo ni shite kita tame ni, konna ni mo furuboketa itamashii sugata ni narihateta torakku e no kagiri nai aiseki no kokoro de atta.
      he looked somewhat scornfully at the automobile, whose repair costs had been mounting because of its old age, but of course what he felt was not at all genuine contempt but rather a feeling of profound sorrow for his truck, which had been reduced to such a worn-out, pitiful state from going through hardships with him for so long.

Verb

哀(あい)惜(せき)する • (aiseki suru) ←あいせき (aiseki)?transitive suru (stem 哀(あい)惜(せき)し (aiseki shi), past 哀(あい)惜(せき)した (aiseki shita))

  1. to grieve, to feel sorrow for, to mourn

Conjugation

Conjugation of "哀惜する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 哀惜し あいせきし aiseki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 哀惜し あいせきし aiseki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 哀惜する あいせきする aiseki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 哀惜する あいせきする aiseki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 哀惜すれ あいせきすれ aiseki sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 哀惜せよ¹
哀惜しろ² 		あいせきせよ¹
あいせきしろ² 		aiseki seyo¹
aiseki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 哀惜される あいせきされる aiseki sareru
Causative 哀惜させる
哀惜さす 		あいせきさせる
あいせきさす 		aiseki saseru
aiseki sasu
Potential 哀惜できる あいせきできる aiseki dekiru
Volitional 哀惜しよう あいせきしよう aiseki shiyō
Negative 哀惜しない あいせきしない aiseki shinai
Negative continuative 哀惜せず あいせきせず aiseki sezu
Formal 哀惜します あいせきします aiseki shimasu
Perfective 哀惜した あいせきした aiseki shita
Conjunctive 哀惜して あいせきして aiseki shite
Hypothetical conditional 哀惜すれば あいせきすれば aiseki sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia