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Kotomora

慨

rue, be sad, sigh, lament

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes13

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

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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.