Japanese vocabulary

感情のニュアンス3 「かんじょうのニュアンス3」

Emotional nuances 3: nostalgia and sorrow

Part 3

Intermediate

Words

懐かしい 「懐かしい」 [natsukashii]
dear, nostalgic, fondly remembered
恋しい 「恋しい」 [koishii]
yearned for, missed, longed for
切ない 「切ない」 [setsunai]
painful, heartrending, oppressive
孤独 「孤独」 [kodoku]
solitude, loneliness, isolation
みじめ 「みじめ」 [mijime]
miserable, wretched, pitiful
悲しみ 「悲しみ」 [kanashimi]
sadness, sorrow, grief
慰める 「なぐさめる」 [nagusameru]
to comfort, to console
哀れ 「あわれ」 [aware]
pitiful, pathetic, sorrowful
ため息 「ため息」 [tameiki]
sigh
ぼんやり 「ぼんやり」 [bon'yari]
absentmindedly, vacantly, dimly

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