プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
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.