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憫察 (びんさつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
sympathy ; compassion ; pity
Literary and formal noun or suru-verb expressing deep sympathy or taking pity on someone. Rare in modern everyday speech; more common in written or formal contexts.
被ひ 災さい 者しゃ を 憫びん 察さつ し 、 支し 援えん を 申もう し 出で た 。
They sympathized with the disaster victims and offered support.
Similar words 同どう 情じょう Common word for sympathy or compassion, used in everyday conversation. 憫察 is much more formal and literary.
哀あわ れみ Pity or mercy, often with a nuance of looking down. 憫察 is more about deep, respectful sympathy.
Etymology Composed of 憫 (compassion, pity) and 察 (consider, perceive). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination conveys a sense of perceiving and sympathizing with another's plight.
