What does かわいそう mean in Japanese?

かわいそう (かわいそう) means "pitiful" in Japanese.

かわいそう

Q: How do you use かわいそう in a sentence?

この小さな猫はかわいそうです。 (このちいさなねこはかわいそうです。) — This little cat is pitiful.

Kana: かわいそう

pitiful

Example sentence

この小さな猫はかわいそうです。

このちいさなねこはかわいそうです。

This little cat is pitiful.

What かわいそう means

かわいそう (かわいそう) is a Japanese word meaning “pitiful”. It belongs to the Describing Words topic and appears at Level 2 (and again in Level 4), so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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Level 2

嬉しいうれしい happy; glad すぎるすぎる too; excessively 正しいただしい correct; right 間違いまちがい wrong; mistake 背が低いせがひくい short (in height) お腹いっぱいおなかいっぱい full (from eating) お腹がすくおなかがすく hungry 合うあう suitable; to fit 壊れるこわれる to break; broken 急ぐいそぐ to hurry; urgent 簡単かんたん simple 足りないたりない lacking; not enough

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What かわいそう means

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