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pity; sorrow; grief; misery; compassion; pathos
pitiable; pitiful; pathetic; miserable
alack; alas
一人で暮らす老人の話を聞いて憐れに思う。
I feel sorry hearing the story of the old person living alone.
雨に濡れた子猫の姿が憐れに見えた。
The rain-soaked kitten looked pitiful.
戦争で家を失った人々の姿が懐れだった。
The sight of people who lost their homes in the war was pitiful.