悲しい（かなしい、kanashii）
- sad

The Japanese word 悲しい (かなしい) means "sad," "sorrowful," or "melancholy." It describes a feeling of unhappiness or distress. It’s a common adjective used to express a wide range of emotions related to sadness, from mild disappointment to deep grief. The feeling conveyed by 悲しい is often associated with loss, disappointment, or suffering.

⚫︎彼は悲しい Translation: He is sad. ⚫︎別れは悲しい Translation: Partings are sad. ⚫︎悲しい映画を見た Translation: I watched a sad movie.

悲しい is used to describe a person's emotional state or to describe something that evokes sadness. You can use it to talk about how you feel or how something makes you feel. It is versatile and can be used in various contexts, from personal conversations to formal settings. It is often used to describe emotional reactions to events, situations, or experiences.

⚫︎The word is primarily written using the kanji 悲 (meaning "sadness") combined with the hiragana しい, which is the adjective ending. ⚫︎The reading is かなしい. ⚫︎There are no other ways to write this word, nor are there variations in the okurigana. The okurigana is consistently しい.

⚫︎寂しい (さびしい) - lonely, also conveys a sense of sadness. ⚫︎辛い (つらい) - painful, difficult (can overlap with sadness). ⚫︎切ない (せつない) - poignant, heartbreaking. ⚫︎憂うつ (ゆううつ) - gloomy, depressed.

⚫︎嬉しい (うれしい) - happy, glad. ⚫︎楽しい (たのしい) - fun, enjoyable. ⚫︎幸せ (しあわせ) - happy, fortunate.

彼女の失恋の話を聞いて、悲しい気持ちになった。 ・Translation: I felt sad after hearing the story of her heartbreak. ・Explanation: This sentence demonstrates how 悲しい is used to describe an emotional reaction to someone else's situation.

この映画の結末は悲しいです。 ・Translation: The ending of this movie is sad. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 悲しい to describe an aspect of a movie, implying it evokes a feeling of sadness in the viewer.

The kanji 悲, which forms the base of the word, is composed of two parts: the radical 非 (meaning "wrong" or "fault") and the phonetic 心 (meaning "heart" or "mind"). This composition suggests a "wrongness" or "affliction" of the heart, leading to the feeling of sadness.