哀愁(あいしゅう)

あいしゅう
noun
sorrow, pathos
1. sorrow, pathos, melancholy
A feeling of sadness or longing; melancholic beauty.
哀愁(あいしゅう)を帯(お)びたメロディー。
A melody tinged with melancholy.
彼(かれ)の目(め)には哀愁(あいしゅう)が漂(ただよ)っていた。
There was a sense of sorrow in his eyes.
哀愁(あいしゅう)に満(み)ちた風景(ふうけい)。
A landscape filled with melancholy.

哀愁(あいしゅう) is a literary word for melancholy or pathos, combining 哀(あい) (sorrow) and 愁(しゅう) (melancholy).

USAGE:
Describes aesthetic or wistful sadness rather than personal grief. Common in artistic contexts - music, literature, and atmosphere.

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 哀愁(あいしゅう)を帯(お)びた: tinged with melancholy
  • 哀愁(あいしゅう)が漂(ただよ)う: melancholy lingers/drifts
  • 哀愁(あいしゅう)に満(み)ちた: filled with pathos
  • 哀愁(あいしゅう)を感(かん)じる: to feel melancholy

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 悲(かな)しみ: sadness (general)
  • 憂鬱(ゆううつ): depression, gloom
  • 物悲(がな)しい: plaintive, sad (adjective)
  • センチメンタル: sentimental (loanword)

哀愁(あいしゅう) has a poetic, bittersweet quality that the others may lack.

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Added 2026.1.16 8:57 · Revised 2026.1.19 21:17
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