Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
あい
Grade: S
せき
Grade: S
on’yomi kan’on

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(あい)(せき) (aisekiあいせき (aiseki)?

  1. grief, sorrow, mournfulness
    • 1937, 火野葦平, 糞尿譚[1], 青空文庫:
      [] 老齢(ろうれい)のため(なに)かと修繕代(しゅうぜんだい)(かさ)自動車(じどうしゃ)一寸怨(ちょっとうら)めしそうに()たが、もとよりそれは(こころ)からの(うら)みでは毛頭(もうとう)なく(むし)(なが)(あいだ)自分(じぶん)苦難(くなん)(とも)にして()たために、こんなにも(ふる)ぼけた(いた)ましい姿(すがた)になり()てたトラックへの(かぎ)りない哀惜(あいせき)のこころであった。
      [] rōrei no tame nani ka to shūzendai no kasamu jidōsha o chotto urameshisō ni mita ga, moto yori sore wa kokoro kara no urami de wa mōtō naku mushiro nagai aida, jibun to kunan o tomo ni shite kita tame ni, konna ni mo furuboketa itamashii sugata ni narihateta torakku e no kagiri nai aiseki no kokoro de atta.
      [] he looked somewhat scornfully at the automobile, whose repair costs had been mounting because of its old age, but of course what he felt was not at all genuine contempt but rather a feeling of profound sorrow for his truck, which had been reduced to such a worn-out, pitiful state from going through hardships with him for so long.

Verb edit

(あい)(せき)する (aiseki suruあいせき (aiseki)?transitive suru (stem (あい)(せき) (aiseki shi), past (あい)(せき)した (aiseki shita))

  1. to grieve, to feel sorrow for, to mourn

Conjugation edit