可哀想 (かわいそう) — pitiful, poor, pathetic
可哀想
pitiful
Frequency #8133
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
3 characters
混合 mixed
Mixed compound — combines different reading types in a pattern that doesn't fit the standard categories.
na-adjective
Part of speech (JMdict: adj-na, n)
kawaisou
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
かわいそう[4] nakadaka 中高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- pitiful
- poor
- pathetic