同情する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 同情する | 同情しない |
| Polite | 同情します | 同情しません |
| Past polite | 同情しました | 同情しませんでした |
| Past | 同情した | 同情しなかった |
| Te-form | 同情して | 同情しないで |
| Desire | 同情したい | 同情したくない |
| Potential | 同情できる | 同情できない |
| Passive | 同情される | 同情されない |
| Causative | 同情させる | 同情させない |
| Causative passive | 同情させられる | 同情させられない |
| Volitional | 同情しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 同情しましょう | |
| Imperative | 同情しろ | 同情するな |
| Conditional | 同情すれば | 同情しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 同情したら | 同情しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
Feeling for someone's misfortune or hardship. Can be neutral sympathy, warm compassion, or slightly condescending pity depending on context. Often used with する to mean 'to sympathize' or 'to feel sorry for'.
Hearing his story, I felt deep sympathy.
同情するなら金をくれ。
If you feel sorry for me, give me money.
I felt sorry for him after hearing his story.
Her circumstances drew sympathy from everyone.
He is deliberately trying to win sympathy.
There's no room for sympathy given his behavior.
Many people extended their sympathy to the disaster victims.
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.