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lovable; sweet; charming
pitiful; pathetic; touching
子供のいじらしい姿に涙が出た。
I teared up at the child's touching figure.
親のために我慢している子供の姿がいじらしかった。
The sight of the child enduring for their parents' sake was touching.
泣かずに耐える彼の姿はいじらしくないとは言えない。
One cannot say his figure enduring without crying is not pitiful.