悲しい (かなしい, kanashii) Japanese meaning: sad | 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.
ハッピーN3
悲しい means sad, the direct emotional opposite of ハッピー, which means happy.

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.