Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かな
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
哀しみ
愛しみ

Etymology edit

From the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, stem of continuative form) of (かな)しむ (kanashimu).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(かな)しみ (kanashimi

  1. sorrow, grief
  2. (archaic) 愛しみ: love, affection

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN