哀れみ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
哀
あわ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

• 憐れみ
• 愍れみ
• 憫れみ

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あわれみ [àwárémí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɰᵝa̠ɾe̞mʲi]

Noun

哀(あわ)れみ • (awaremi) ^{←あはれみ (afaremi)?}

1. pity, compassion
   • 1904, chapter 5, in 明治元訳新約聖書 (Meiji Gen'yaku Seisho) (Meiji Bible)‎^[1], verse 7:

     矜恤(あはれみ)ある者(もの)は福(さいはひ)なり其(その)人(ひと)は矜恤(あはれみ)を得(う)べければ也(なり)

     awaremi aru mono wa saiwai nari sono hito wa awaremi o u bekereba nari

     Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Synonyms

• 不(ふ)憫(びん) (fubin)
• 同(どう)情(じょう) (dōjō)
• 慈(じ)悲(ひ) (jihi)

References

• Hepburn, James Curtis (1886). A Japanese–English and English–Japanese Dictionary (改正増補和英英和語林集成) (3rd ed.).