JLPT N3 · な-adjective

哀れ (aware)

哀れ (あわれ, aware) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “pity; sorrow”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: あわれ
Romaji: aware
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

pity; sorrow; grief; misery; compassion · noun
pitiable; pitiful; pathetic; miserable · な-adjective
alack; alas · interjection

Example sentences

彼女は哀れを誘う有様だった。

She was in a piteous state.

Tatoeba #74068

彼は神にあわれな少女を助けてくださいと祈った。

He prayed to God to help the poor girl.

Tatoeba #103699

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

Conjugation of 哀れ

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	哀れだ	あわれだ awareda
Present (polite)	哀れです	あわれです awaredesu
Negative	哀れじゃない	あわれじゃない awarejanai
Past	哀れだった	あわれだった awaredatta
Negative past	哀れじゃなかった	あわれじゃなかった awarejanakatta
Te-form	哀れで	あわれで awarede
Before a noun	哀れな	あわれな awarena
Adverb (~ni)	哀れに	あわれに awareni

Kanji in 哀れ

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pathetic, grief, sorrowアイ・あわ.れ・あわ.れむ · 9 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1150110 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.