憫然(びんぜん)

びんぜん
taru-adjective
pitiable; pathetic
formalemotion
1. pitiable; pathetic; deserving of pity
Evoking feelings of pity or compassion due to one's unfortunate or miserable state.
憫然(びんぜん)たる姿(すがた)だった。
It was a pitiable sight.
彼(かれ)の憫然(びんぜん)たる状況(じょうきょう)に心(こころ)が痛(いた)んだ。
My heart ached at his pitiful situation.
難民(なんみん)たちの憫然(びんぜん)たる暮(く)らしに涙(なみだ)した。
I was moved to tears by the pitiable lives of the refugees.

Common patterns

  • 憫然(びんぜん)たる + noun: pitiable ~ (憫然(びんぜん)たる姿(すがた), a pitiable sight)
  • 憫然(びんぜん)と: pitiably (adverbial, rare)

Usage

  • A rare literary word, found in older prose and formal writing, that conveys the observer's pity. It takes たる before a noun, not な.

Similar words

Related Words

Related: 哀(あわ)れ (pity, pathos)
Related: 惻隠(そくいん) (compassion, sympathy)
Compare: 不憫(ふびん) (pitiable, poor thing)
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Added 2026.1.31 8:09 · Revised 2026.9.30 2:25
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