JLPT N3 · な-adjective

可愛そう (kawaisou)

可愛そう (かわいそう, kawaisou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “poor; pitiable”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
かわいそう
Romaji
kawaisou
Word class
な-adjective
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful · な-adjective, noun · usually written in kana

Example sentences

私は何匹かのかわいそうな猫が追い出されるのを見た。
I saw some poor cats kicked out.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 可愛そう

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Present (plain)可愛そうだかわいそうだ kawaisouda
Present (polite)可愛そうですかわいそうです kawaisoudesu
Negative可愛そうじゃないかわいそうじゃない kawaisoujanai
Past可愛そうだったかわいそうだった kawaisoudatta
Negative past可愛そうじゃなかったかわいそうじゃなかった kawaisoujanakatta
Te-form可愛そうでかわいそうで kawaisoude
Before a noun可愛そうなかわいそうな kawaisouna
Adverb (~ni)可愛そうにかわいそうに kawaisouni

Kanji in 可愛そう

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 可愛そう.

Source: JMdict entry 1590740 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.