悲しむ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
かな
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
哀しむ
愛しむ

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「悲しむ
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
悲しむ なし
Imperative (命令形) 悲しめ なし
Key constructions
Passive 悲しまれる なしまれ
Causative 悲しませる なしませ
Potential 悲しめる なしめ
Volitional 悲しもう なしも
Negative 悲しまない なしまない
Negative perfective 悲しまなかった なしまなかった
Formal 悲しみます なしみま
Perfective 悲しんだ なしんだ
Conjunctive 悲しんで なしんで
Hypothetical conditional 悲しめば なしめば

Verb

(かな)しむ (kanashimutransitive godan (stem (かな)しみ (kanashimi), past (かな)しんだ (kanashinda))

  1. to be sad; to feel sadness
    (とも)()(かな)しむtomo no shi o kanashimuto feel sad about a friend's death
  2. to be distressed
  3. to lament

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō