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同情 (どうじょう, doujou) Japanese meaning: sympathy | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 同情する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 同どう 情じょう する 同どう 情じょう しない Polite 同どう 情じょう します 同どう 情じょう しません Past polite 同どう 情じょう しました 同どう 情じょう しませんでした Past 同どう 情じょう した 同どう 情じょう しなかった Te-form 同どう 情じょう して 同どう 情じょう しないで Desire 同どう 情じょう したい 同どう 情じょう したくない Potential 同どう 情じょう できる 同どう 情じょう できない Passive 同どう 情じょう される 同どう 情じょう されない Causative 同どう 情じょう させる 同どう 情じょう させない Causative passive 同どう 情じょう させられる 同どう 情じょう させられない Volitional 同どう 情じょう しよう Polite volitional 同どう 情じょう しましょう Imperative 同どう 情じょう しろ 同どう 情じょう するな Conditional 同どう 情じょう すれば 同どう 情じょう しなければ Tara conditional 同どう 情じょう したら 同どう 情じょう しなかったら
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かれ
の
話はなし
を
聞き
い
て
、
深ふか
く
同どう
情じょう
し
た
。
Hearing his story, I felt deep sympathy.
If you feel sorry for me, give me money.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 に 同どう 情じょう する to feel sympathy for someone
I felt sorry for him after hearing his story.
同どう 情じょう を 集あつ める to gain widespread sympathy
Her circumstances drew sympathy from everyone.
同どう 情じょう を 買か う to try to invite pity or sympathy (often deliberately)
He is deliberately trying to win sympathy.
同どう 情じょう の 余よ 地ち がない to leave no room for sympathy
There's no room for sympathy given his behavior.
同どう 情じょう を 寄よ せる to extend sympathy to someone
Many people extended their sympathy to the disaster victims.
Kanji 情 feelings, emotion, passion Related words· 10 共感 means empathizing by sharing and understanding someone's feelings, while 同情 focuses on feeling sorry for someone's misfortune.
哀れみ is a stronger, more emotional pity that can carry a nuance of looking down on the person, whereas 同情 is more neutral and usable in formal contexts.
憐憫 is a literary, more intense word for pity used mainly in writing, while 同情 is the everyday, more common term.
同情する is the common, neutral word for feeling sympathy, while 哀れむ carries a more literary, emotionally weighted sense of pity.
Show 6 more 同情する is an outward expression of pity or compassion, while 察する in this sense is the quieter act of inwardly understanding someone's pain.
同情 is a formal, objective term for sympathy, while 哀れ carries a deeper, more literary sense of pity or pathos.
同情 is a more formal, objective term for sympathy or pity, often used in serious contexts, while 情け carries a warmer, more personal nuance of compassion or mercy.
Don't confuse with 同感 means agreeing with someone's opinion, while 同情 means feeling sympathy for someone's hardship; the similar kanji and sound often cause learners to mix them up.
同情 (sympathy for someone's feelings) sounds similar to 同調 but means feeling compassion, not aligning one's opinion or stance.
Word family sympathy; compassion
sympathy vote
sympathizer
Etymology From Middle Chinese 同情 (duŋ d͡ziᴇŋ), literally 'same feeling'. The kanji 同 means 'same' and 情 means 'feeling' or 'emotion'.
同情する is a direct, common word for feeling pity or sympathy, while 思いやる implies a deeper, imaginative consideration of another's situation.
同情 is pity or sympathy for someone's misfortune, whereas 思いやり is broader, including proactive kindness and understanding even without misfortune.
同情 is the common word for sympathy with another's feelings, while 慈悲 implies a deeper, often religiously motivated mercy.
