Word Meaning 可憐
可憐 is read as かれん (karen) and means pitiful.
Meaning
English
- pitiful
- pitiable
- sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming)
- touchingly lovely
- cute
Reading
Kana
かれん
Romaji
karen
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
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4とっても可憐な名前ね。
That's a very pretty name.
可憐な、清浄無垢な姿をした彼女は、貴下と小生の名をのろいながら自殺したのです。
She, with such a sweet and pure figure, killed herself while cursing both of our names.
花火のフィナーレを飾った「しだれ柳」は、夜空に華やかに舞い上がり、緩やかな弧を描きながらゆっくりと垂れ下がって、やがてその可憐な姿を消していった。
The Firework's displays final "Weeping Willow" display brilliantly launched into the night sky, slowly dripping down as it drew a gentle slope until finally its blossoming figure gradually vanished.
「マキちゃんて双子らしいよ」健が言った。「知らんがな」俺は興味がないので冷たく返す。マキちゃんというのは学生ラウンジで俺たちのサークルの隣に陣取っているウクレレサークルの女の子だ。健の目にはずいぶん可憐に映っているようだが、俺に言わせればクラスで6番目に可愛いくらいの普通の娘だ。
"Looks like Maki's a twin!" Ken said. "Really now," I replied, totally uninterested. Maki was a member of a ukulele club that ran beside our club in the school lounge. She looked lovely in Ken's eyes, but to me she was just the sixth cutest girl in class - average, in my opinion.
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