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ちむぐるさん【肝苦さん】

chimugurusan

Pronunciation: [t͡ɕimuɡurusaŋ̍]

Definition

Sa-Adjective

  1. (Of a situation) Lamentable; awful; terrible; deplorable; tragic; painful [to watch]; heartbreaking
  2. (Of a person) Pitiful; pitiable; poor [thing]; sad; pathetic
  3. (Interjection) Poor thing!; How deplorable!; How awful; How sad; I feel sorry for [them]; My heart aches for [them]
    1. あいえなあ、ちむぐるさん
      aienaa, chimugurusan
      "Oh no, how awful!"

Etymology

Derived from ちむ【肝】 chimu "liver; heart" and the rendaku form of くるさん【苦さん】 kurusan "to be painful" (more commonly, くりさん kurisan).

Notes

Variant: ちむぐりさん【肝苦さん】 chimugurisan

Related term: ちむぐるさ【肝苦さ】 chimugurusa "despair; pity; sadness" (variant ちむぐりさ【肝苦さ】 chimugurisa)

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji肝苦さん
Kanaちむぐるさん
Romanizationchimugurusan
Pronunciation (IPA)[t͡ɕimuɡurusaŋ̍]

意味:かわいそう【可愛そう・可哀想】、こころぐるしい【心苦しい】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 27). ちむぐるさん【肝苦さん】 : chimugurusan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, November 6, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/830/chimugurusan/.