悲しい (kanashii)
悲しい (かなしい, kanashii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “sad; miserable”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- かなしい
- Romaji
- kanashii
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- sad; miserable; unhappy; sorrowful · い-adjective · of a person
- sad; lamentable; deplorable; grievous · い-adjective · of a thing, incident, etc.
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 悲しい
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 悲しい | かなしい kanashii |
| Negative | 悲しくない | かなしくない kanashikunai |
| Past | 悲しかった | かなしかった kanashikatta |
| Negative past | 悲しくなかった | かなしくなかった kanashikunakatta |
| Te-form | 悲しくて | かなしくて kanashikute |
| Adverb (~ku) | 悲しく | かなしく kanashiku |
| Conditional (~ba) | 悲しければ | かなしければ kanashikereba |
Kanji in 悲しい
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 悲しい.
Source: JMdict entry 1483190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.