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痛ましい

傷ましい

Reading

Kana: いたましい
Romaji: itamashii
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

pitiful; heartbreaking; tragical

Kanji

Readings: ツウ、 いた.い、 いた.む、 いた.ましい、 いた.める
Meanings: pain, hurt, damage, bruise
Readings: ショウ、 きず、 いた.む、 いた.める
Meanings: wound, hurt, injure, impair, pain, injury, cut, gash, scar, weak point

Example Sentences

(かれ)(いた)ましいほどやせていた。
➥He was painfully thin.
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病気(びょうき)()どもの(いた)ましい()(ごえ)()くのは我々(われわれ)には()えられなかった。
➥We could not bear to listen to the sick child's pathetic cries.
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その(いた)ましいエピソードは(わたし)には痛切(つうせつ)(かん)じられた。
➥The touching episode came home to me.
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どんなに優雅(ゆうが)堂々(どうどう)とした既存(きそん)のビルも、(いま)や、その怪物(かいぶつ)のわきでは、ちょっと滑稽(こっけい)にさえ()えるほど(いた)ましいまでに(ちい)さくなってしまうだろう。
➥Even the most graceful and imposing existing buildings may now be so sadly diminished as to seem slightly ridiculous beside the monster.
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