表層形
かあいそう
カーイソー
形状詞
かあいそう (カーイソー)
Kaaisoo · かーいそー — poor, pitiable, pathetic, pitiful
Other ways to say “poor” in Japanese →
かあいそう in rōmaji: kaaisoo, also spelled kaaiso.
形状詞
一般
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📝 可哀想 🔤 * 📐 *
Updated: 2026年9月29日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
かあいそう
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
可哀想
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| 読み (Reading) |
カーイソー
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| 品詞 (POS) |
形状詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
*
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
*
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
かあいそう
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| 読み・基本形 |
カーイソー
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| 表記・基本形 |
かあいそう
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| 見出し語の読み |
カワイソウ
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💡 English Meaning
かあいそう means “poor, pitiable, pathetic, pitiful” — full definition & examples →
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カーイソー
Lemma: 可哀想
形状詞一般**
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The surface form (かあいそう) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (可哀想) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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