哀あい泣きゅう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

crying with sadness; weeping in sorrow

A somewhat literary or formal word for crying out of deep sadness or grief. Not an everyday term; more likely to appear in written descriptions or elevated speech.

• 彼かの女じょは悲ひ報ほうを聞きいて哀あい泣きゅうした。

  She wept with sadness upon hearing the tragic news.

• 小しょう説せつの終おわりで主しゅ人じん公こうの哀あい泣きゅうが描えがかれている。

  The protagonist's sorrowful crying is depicted at the end of the novel.