Word Meaning 哀愁

あいしゅう aishuu

哀愁 is read as あいしゅう (aishuu) and means pathos.

Meaning

English

  1. pathos
  2. sorrow
  3. grief

Reading

Kana

あいしゅう

Romaji

aishuu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 8684 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

哀愁漂う

あいしゅうただよう

sorrowful (e.g. person, scene, etc.)

哀れ

あわれ

alack

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

郷愁

きょうしゅう

nostalgia

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

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そのきょくにはあいしゅうがある。

That song has a touch of melancholy.

そのこうけいはあいしゅうをおびていた。

The scene was tinged with a sense of pathos.

The ancient ones built the sorrowful lighthouses to guide their miserable wooden ships.

Here at the Jokanji, also known as the "Nagekomi-dera", in the cemetery there is a memorial to thousands of prostitutes, the so-called "women of pleasure", who have found their final resting place here. It's filled with an indescribable melancholy, and, for some reason, it makes me want to come back here again and again.