慨
rue, be sad, sigh, lament
Readings
On'yomi
- ガイ
Kun'yomi
- なげ.く
Meaning
慨 centers on a heavy emotional response to regret or loss: feeling rueful, sad, or moved to sigh and lament.
Most common words using 慨
- 憤慨ふんがいN1
indignation; resentment
- 感慨深いかんがいぶかい
deeply emotive; moving
- 感慨かんがいN1
deep emotion; strong feelings
- 感慨無量かんがいむりょう
deep emotion; being filled with emotion
- 悲憤慷慨ひふんこうがい
indignant lamentation over the evils of the times
- 悲歌慷慨ひかこうがい
indignant lamentation over the evils of the times
- 感慨一入かんがいひとしお
one's heart is filled with even deeper emotion; feeling the emotion all the more deeply
- 慨するがいする
to regret; to deplore
- 慨世がいせい
deploring the course of public events
- 慨世憂国がいせいゆうこく
worrying about the conditions of the country out of sheer patriotism
- 慨嘆がいたん
deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint
- 慨然がいぜん
indignant; sorrowful
- 慷慨こうがい
righteous indignation; patriotic lamentation; deploration
- 憂国慨世ゆうこくがいせい
worrying about the conditions of the country out of sheer patriotism
Study
Etymology
慨 combines the heart radical 忄 with 既, which likely contributes the sound and carries a sense of completion or already-having-happened, fitting the idea of looking back with regret.
Meaning mnemonic
The heart radical 忄 beside 既 (already) suggests a heart already heavy with past events: rue, sadness, and sighs come from that emotional weight.
Reading mnemonic
For ガイ, imagine a guy sighing with regret: guy -> ガイ, and his heavy heart makes him lament.