Vocabulary
Form
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
verb
vt
freq #900
Example sentences
人々(ひとびと)はその孤児(こじ)を哀(あわ)れんだ。
People took pity on the orphan.
司教(しきょう)は、自暴自棄(じぼうじき)になった移民(いみん)たちを哀(あわ)れんで助(たす)けを与(あた)えた。
The bishop felt pity for the immigrants who were abandoned, and gave them help.
彼(かれ)らあわれむ者(もの)もいた。
Some pitied them.