悲しむ

かなしむ

To be sad, to grieve, to mourn

N3verb·kanashimu

How to remember it

悲 (sorrow) + む turns the feeling into an action = to feel sorrow.

Example sentences

  • 彼女はその知らせを聞いて深く悲しんだ。

    かのじょはそのしらせをきいてふかくかなしんだ。

    She was deeply saddened to hear the news.

  • 友人の死を悲しむ。

    ゆうじんのしをかなしむ。

    To mourn a friend's death.

Usage

Transitive; takes を for what one grieves; more formal than 悲しい.

Related words

悲しい悲しみ喜ぶ泣く

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