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気の毒 (きのどく): pitiful, a pity — Japanese vocabulary

気の毒 is read きのどく and means "pitiful, a pity". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

気の毒

Reading
きのどく · kinodoku
Translation
pitiful, a pity
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
きのどくがきのどくが

Example

彼女が病気だとは気の毒です。

かのじょがびょうきだとはきのどくです。

It's too bad she's ill.

Kanji in this word

  • 気 — spirit, mood
  • 毒 — poison

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