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かわいいそうな
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Poor you. Poor him. Often used sarcastically if not with a sneer of outright cruelty. I guess its appeal is the ambiguity – you can’t prove the cruelty.
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哀れな
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You poor bastard! God help you. Utterly fucked, pathetic, but you honestly feel bad for them, rather than just looking down on them.
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惨めな
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Pathetic. This is a pretty un-sympathetic word you use for some poor schmuck who is in a wretched state but, you know, you couldn’t imagine them ever being happy anyway.
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哀愁
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A poetic, old-fashioned word for sorrow or melancholy or, um, pathos.
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心細い
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Forlorn, having given up hope. Also strongly implies alone or helpless. A puppy in the rain with big eyes staring at you.
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悲惨な
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Terrible, harrowing, tragic. Usually used not about a single person’s misfortune but like the tragic cost of war, the terrible catastrophe that befell the small town in Godzilla’s path, etc.
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