1.
sadness; sorrow; how sad something is
The noun form of 悲しい. It names sadness as a quality or a degree — how sad a thing or an experience is — rather than the emotion in the abstract.
Formed by replacing the final い of 悲しい with さ, the regular way to make a noun of degree from an i-adjective.
Common collocations
- 悲しさを感じる: to feel sadness
- 悲しさがこみ上げる: sadness wells up
- 悲しさに耐える: to bear the sorrow
- 言いようのない悲しさ: indescribable sadness
Similar words
- 悲しみ: sorrow, grief — the emotion itself, deeper and more lasting; the usual choice for grief over a death
- 寂しさ: loneliness — the ache of being alone rather than of loss