哀れ

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)

あわれ【哀れ】

❶〔かわいそうに思う気持ち〕pity

哀れな pitiful；〔みじめな〕miserable；〔感動的な〕touching

哀れを催す光景
a pitiful sight

哀れを感じる
be moved to pity／have [take] pity ((on))／be touched

戦争で親を失った子供達は人々の哀れを誘った
The people were moved to pity by the war orphans.

哀れな娘
a pitiable girl

哀れな姿
a miserable [wretched] appearance

哀れな話
a touching story

私を哀れなやつと思わないでください
Don't think of me as a pitiable [wretched] fellow.

❷〔しみじみとした思い〕

ものの哀れを感じる人でなくてはこの詩は理解できない
You cannot appreciate this poem unless you are sensitive to the pathos of things.

世の哀れをしみじみ思う
feel keenly the precariousness [capriciousness] of life／feel deeply the pathos of life

❸〔感嘆〕How sad!；《文》 Alas!

哀れ，その子は３歳にして両親に死に別れた
Poor child, he was orphaned at the age of three.

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