寂しさ
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Meanings
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loneliness; desolation
The abstract feeling or state of being lonely, often with a poetic or emotional tone.
I feel the loneliness of living alone.
There is a special desolation in autumn evenings.
Usage patterns
- 〈事〉に寂しさを感じるto feel loneliness at/from something
Since I started living alone, I often feel a sense of loneliness.
- 寂しさが募るloneliness grows/intensifies
As night falls, the loneliness builds up.
- 寂しさを紛らすto distract oneself from loneliness
I listen to music to distract myself from the loneliness.
- 寂しさに包まれるto be enveloped in loneliness
Since she moved away, the room has been enveloped in loneliness.
- 寂しさを埋めるto fill the void of loneliness
Many people fill the void of loneliness by keeping a pet.