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かなしい

悲しい

sad

kanashii

JLPT
N4
Frequency
#3,516

Meanings

  1. 1
    sad; miserable; unhappyadj-i
  2. 2
    sad; lamentable; deplorableadj-i

JMdict 1483190

In a sentence

かなしい悲しいsadの？

Are you sad?

How it works

The whole sentence is just one i-adjective, 悲しいかなしい (sad), with no subject said — context fills in "are you?" The final の (soft question) turns it into a gentle, caring question, softer than the blunt か (question).

Written with

悲grieve12 strokes