寂(さび)しさ

Forms

寂(さび)しい (lonely - adjective) + さ (nominalizing suffix)

Usage

• 寂(さび)しさを感(かん)じる (to feel loneliness)
• 寂(さび)しさに耐(た)える (to endure loneliness)
• 寂(さび)しさを紛(まぎ)らわす (to distract from loneliness)
• 寂(さび)しさを埋(う)める (to fill the loneliness)

Variant

淋(さび)しさ is an alternative kanji spelling with the same meaning.

Related emotions

• 孤独(こどく) (solitude, isolation)
• 切(せつ)なさ (bittersweetness, sadness)
• 虚(むな)しさ (emptiness)

Related words

• 寂(さび)しい (lonely - adjective)
• 孤独感(こどくかん) (feeling of loneliness)
• 郷愁(きょうしゅう) (nostalgia, homesickness)