悲しい (かなしい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

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悲しい · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	悲かなしい	悲かなしくない
Polite	悲かなしいです	悲かなしくないですalso 悲かなしくありません
Past polite	悲かなしかったです	悲かなしくなかったですalso 悲かなしくありませんでした
Past	悲かなしかった	悲かなしくなかった
Te-form	悲かなしくて	悲かなしくなくて
Adverbial	悲かなしく
Conditional	悲かなしければ	悲かなしくなければ
Tara conditional	悲かなしかったら	悲かなしくなかったら

Meanings

Describes a person's emotional state of sadness or grief.

寂さびしいN5sense 1
寂しい emphasizes loneliness or the absence of company/warmth, while 悲しい describes emotional sadness or grief itself.
つらいN3sense 1
辛い describes something painful or hard to endure, while 悲しい is specifically the emotion of sadness.
切せつないN1sense 1
切ない conveys a bittersweet, heart-aching sadness often tied to longing, whereas 悲しい is a more general word for sadness.
痛いたましいN1
悲しい is a general word for feeling sad, often about one's own emotions, while 痛ましい describes an external situation or sight that is pitiful or tragic.

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やるせないN1
悲しい is the plain, general word for 'sad', whereas やるせない points to a deeper, inescapable sorrow with no outlet.
惨みじめN2
悲しい is the general word for 'sad', while 惨め emphasizes a more profound, often pitiable or wretched state.
嘆なげかわしい
悲しい simply describes personal sadness, while 嘆かわしい focuses on the deplorable, regrettable nature of a situation rather than one's own feelings.

嬉うれしいN4sense 1
嬉しい means 'happy, glad', the direct emotional opposite of 悲しい 'sad'.
楽たのしいN5sense 2
楽しい describes something enjoyable or fun, contrasting with 悲しい's sense of sad or lamentable events.
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空むなしいN1
悲しい means sad, describing an emotion of sorrow, whereas 虚しい describes a feeling of emptiness or futility that isn't necessarily sadness.
悲かなしむN3
悲しい is the i-adjective describing the state of being sad, while 悲しむ is the verb describing the act of feeling or expressing that sadness.

The word かなしい is a native Japanese adjective. The kanji 悲 is conventionally associated with sadness and grief.