great grief; deep sorrow
Literary noun expressing profound grief or heartache, often from personal loss. Rare in modern everyday speech; more common in written or classical contexts.
He shed tears of deep grief over the death of his close friend.
Means condolence or mourning, often used in formal expressions of sympathy; 傷悴 focuses on the personal emotional state of deep grief.
Rare kanji spelling; the word itself is literary and uncommon.
Variant kanji form; even less common than 傷悴.
Composed of 傷 (wound, hurt) and 悴 (become thin, emaciated), suggesting a grief so deep it physically wears one down. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.