- Basic forms
- 悲しむ — to feel sad; to grieve / base form
- 悲しみます — (I) feel sad / masu form
- 悲しんだ — felt sad; grieved / ta form
- 悲しんで — feeling sad; grieving / te form
- 悲しまない — do not feel sad / negative
- 悲しめば — if (someone) feels sad / conditional
- 悲しめ — be sad! (rare) / imperative
- Other common forms
- 悲しみたい — want to grieve (rare) / want to
- 悲しめる — can feel sad (rare) / potential
- 悲しめなかった — couldn’t grieve / negative potential
- More
- 悲しもう — let’s grieve / volitional
- 悲しまなかった — did not feel sad / negative past
- 悲しんでいる — is grieving; is feeling sad / progressive
悲しむ(かなしむ) is a godan verb. It expresses emotional sadness or grief, often used for events that cause pain or disappointment (e.g., 人の死を悲しむ).
- 悲しい — sad
- 悲しむ — to grieve / to be sad
- 悲劇 — tragedy
- 悲運 — misfortune
- 悲鳴 — shriek / scream
- 悲報 — sad news / obituary
The kanji 悲 expresses sadness and sorrow. It combines the radical for "heart" (心) with the sound element ヒ, emphasizing emotion. It appears in many emotional and literary words.
