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寂しい

sabishii

Description

「寂しい」は、一人でいる時や大切な人がいなくなった時に感じる、悲しくて心が空っぽな気持ちを表す言葉です。

"寂しい" expresses the sad and empty feeling felt when alone or when an important person is gone.

人だけでなく、静かで人が少ない場所にも使えます。

It can be used not only for people but also for quiet, sparsely populated places.

Meanings

寂しいsabishii

lonely; feeling sad from being alone

一人で家にいると寂しいです。

I feel lonely when I'm home alone.

寂しいsabishii

quiet and deserted; lacking liveliness

この町は夜になると寂しいです。

This town feels lonely at night.

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Notes

  • Nuance

    also read さびしい; means both emotional loneliness and physical emptiness of a place.

  • Form

    i-adjective; negative 寂しくない, past 寂しかった.

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