noun, na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
deep grief; anguish; heartbreak
A strong, often formal or news-style word for painful sorrow. Common in phrases such as 悲痛な表情, 悲痛な叫び, and 悲痛な思い.
She listened to the news with an anguished expression on her face.
She spoke about the accident with an anguished expression.
遺族の悲痛な叫びが法廷に響いた。
The bereaved family's anguished cries echoed through the courtroom.
彼は悲痛な思いで友人を見送った。
He saw his friend off with a heartbroken feeling.
The mother let out an anguished cry, calling her child's name.
The bereaved family still carries feelings of deep grief.
He kept working while enduring his deep grief.
悲嘆 emphasizes lamenting or grieving aloud over a loss, whereas 悲痛 focuses on the raw painful feeling itself.
喜び means joy or happiness, the emotional opposite of the deep grief expressed by 悲痛.
苦痛 shares the kanji 痛 with 悲痛 but refers to pain or suffering in general (physical or mental), while 悲痛 is specifically sorrowful anguish.
A Sino-Japanese compound written with 悲, meaning sorrow or grief, and 痛, meaning pain. The spelling transparently expresses painful sorrow or anguish.