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悲嘆 (ひたん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
grief ; deep sorrow ; lamentation
A somewhat formal or written word for deep sorrow or anguished grief. As a する verb, 悲嘆する means to grieve or lament, usually over a serious loss or misfortune.
突とつ 然ぜん の 知し らせ に 、 家か 族ぞく は 悲ひ 嘆たん し た 。
The family grieved at the sudden news.
Written forms 悲ひ 嘆たん Usage 92%
Standard kanji spelling for this Sino-Japanese noun and する verb.
悲ひ 歎たん Usage 8%
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji variant marked as rarely used.
Similar words 悲かな しみ More everyday and broader than 悲嘆; it can refer to ordinary sadness as well as deep grief.
嘆なげ き Focuses more on lamenting or expressing sorrow, while 悲嘆 emphasizes the state of deep grief.
哀あい 悼とう Used especially for mourning the dead or expressing condolences; 悲嘆 can describe the grief itself more generally.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 悲, associated with sadness, and 嘆, associated with sighing or lamenting. The variant 悲歎 uses an older or less common form for the second character.
