Extremely rare literary or classical term for compassion or pity. Not used in everyday speech; modern equivalents include 同情 (どうじょう) or 哀れみ (あわれみ).
In classical texts, the expression 惻隠の情 (compassionate feeling) can be found.
compassion; pity; sympathy
A Sino-Japanese word from Chinese 惻隱, especially familiar from the Confucian expression 惻隠の心, the compassionate distress felt at another’s suffering.