哀れむ

あわれむ

Also written 憐れむ

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
2. to enjoy the beauty of; to appreciate; to admire

Kanji

• 哀 sorrow. Read as あわれむ.

Example sentences

• 司教は、自暴自棄になった移民たちを哀れんで助けを与えた。
  The bishop felt pity for the immigrants who were abandoned, and gave them help.
• 宗教は、自暴自棄になった移民達を哀れんで助けを与えた。
  The bishop took pity on the desperate immigrants.
• 人々はその孤児を哀れんだ。
  People took pity on the orphan.
• 同病相憐れむ。
  Misery loves company.
• 彼らあわれむ者もいた。
  Some pitied them.

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