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痛心

痛心

Chinese

ache; pain; sorrow heart; mind
simp. and trad.
(痛心)
anagram 心痛

Adjective

痛心

  1. pained; distressed; grieved

Japanese

Kanji in this term
つう
Grade: 6
しん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 痛心 (thuwngH sim, literally pained heart).

Pronunciation

Noun

痛心 (hiragana つうしん, romaji tsūshin)

  1. emotional suffering, extreme worry or anxiety

Verb

痛心する (intransitive, hiragana つうしんする, romaji tsūshin suru)

  1. to suffer emotionally, to be extremely worried or anxious

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9