- awaremi pity, compassion
Learner meets this literary noun in written narratives and formal speech, stronger and more sorrowful than 同情.
彼女は哀れみの目で私を見た。
Kanojo wa awaremi no me de watashi o mita.
She looked at me with pitying eyes.
哀れみを求めるつもりはない。
Awaremi o motomeru tsumori wa nai.
I don't intend to ask for pity.
⚖️ Sympathy (同情, dōjō) shares the feeling; 哀れみ implies looking down on someone as pitiable.
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