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悲しい
哀しい
愛しい
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kanashii
English
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
of a person
sad, miserable, unhappy, sorrowful, lamentable, deplorable, grievous

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Conjugated forms
Present, Future 悲しい
is [x]
悲しくない
is not [x]
Past 悲しかった
was [x]
悲しくなかった
was not [x]
Te-form, Continuative 悲しくて
is [x] and...
悲しくなくて
is not [x] and...
Kanjis
ON: KUN: かな.しい, かな.しむ
grieve, sad, deplore, regret

Stroke: 12 Grade: 3 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 2-8-4 FC: 1133.3


ON: アイ KUN: あわ.れ, あわ.れむ, かな.しい
pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize

Stroke: 9 JLPT: N1 SKIP: 2-2-7 FC: 0073.3


ON: アイ KUN: いと.しい, かな.しい, め.でる, お.しむ, まな
love, affection, favourite

Stroke: 13 Grade: 4 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 2-4-9 FC: 2024.4


Phrases
そんな悲しい目で見ないで。
Parts: そんな 悲しい (かなしい) (め) 見る (みる)
Don't give me such a sad look.
Don't look at me with such sad eyes.