悲しみ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悲
かな Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
哀しみ愛しみ

Etymology

From the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, “stem of continuative form”) of 悲(かな)しむ (kanashimu).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かなしみ [kànáshímí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) かなしみ [kànáshíꜜmì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠na̠ɕimʲi]

Noun

悲(かな)しみ • (kanashimi)

sorrow, grief
(archaic) 愛しみ: love, affection

Verb

悲(かな)しみ • (kanashimi)

stem or continuative form of 悲しむ (kanashimu) [godan]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN