Word Meaning 哀れ

あはれ ahare

哀れ is read as あはれ (ahare) and means alack.

Meaning

English

  1. alack
  2. alas
  3. pitiable
  4. pitiful
  5. pathetic
  6. miserable
  7. pity
  8. sorrow

Reading

Kana

あはれ

Romaji

ahare

Writing Variants

  • 哀れ あわれ aware
  • 憐れ あはれ ahare
  • 憐れ あわれ aware
  • 憫れ あはれ ahare
  • 憫れ あわれ aware

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 848 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

哀愁

あいしゅう

pathos

哀れむ

あわれむ

to enjoy the beauty of

哀悼

あいとう

condolence

哀感

あいかん

pathos

哀歓

あいかん

joys and sorrows

哀切

あいせつ

pathetic

可哀相

かわいそう

poor

喜怒哀楽

きどあいらく

human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure)

悲哀

ひあい

sorrow

Example Sentences

10

かれはあわれなこじだった。

he was a pathetic orphan.

わたしたちはじゃくしゃをあわれむべきだ。

we should pity the weak.

すてられたこいぬがあわれだ。

the abandoned puppy is pitiful.

I feel sorry for him.

Pity is akin to love.

She was in a piteous state.

The poor old man is shivering with cold.

He took pity on me and helped me out.

Justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution.

"Tom, your stomach is rumbling." "Yes, I know. I haven't eaten all day." "You poor man!"