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彼かれは惨みじめな顔かおをしていた。

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惨みじめ

miserable; wretched; pitiful

na-adjective

adnominal form of the copula (after a na-adjective or noun)

facial expression; look

indicates patient of a causative expression

be; exist; stay; be ...-ing; have ...-ed; be ...-ed

-> いるichidan verb, auxiliary

past tense or completed action