愛あい憐れん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

sympathy; compassion; tender affection

Literary and somewhat old-fashioned word for deep sympathy or compassionate love, often tinged with pity. In modern Japanese, 同情 or 思いやり are more common for everyday sympathy.

• 彼かの女じょの境きょう遇ぐうに深ふかい愛あい憐れんの情じょうを抱いだいた。

  I felt deep sympathy for her circumstances.

• その詩しには、弱よわき者ものへの愛あい憐れんが溢あふれている。

  The poem is filled with compassion for the weak.