悲しい: sad
悲しい kanashii
sad; miserable; lamentable
JLPT N4Emotions & character
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
友達と別れるのは悲しい。
It is sad to part with friends.
オオヤマツミは、悲しんで言いました。「二人を置けば、命は岩のように長く、花のようにもさかえたでしょう。でも、姉を返して、妹だけを置いたので、命は花のように短くなるでしょう。」
Ōyamatsumi said sadly, “Had you kept both, your life would have been long like a rock and you would have flourished like blossoms. But since you sent the elder sister back and kept only the younger, your life will be short like a flower.”
From the lesson 天孫降臨