惨め

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
みじ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
慘め (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 見じ (miji, not wanting to see, formed from (mi), the 未然形 (mizenkei, irrealis or incomplete form) of verb 見る (miru) + (ji, a suffix forming the negative volitional form of verbs)) +‎ (-me, to a more exaggerated degree, a suffix producing na-adjectives).

The 送り仮名 (okurigana) (me) is used to indicate the reading.

Pronunciation

Adjective

(みじ) (mijime-na (adnominal (みじ) (mijime na), adverbial (みじ) (mijime ni))

  1. miserable, pitiful

Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN