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可憐 [spec1,news2,nf40]
【 かれん [spec1,news2,nf40] 】
1. [adj-na,n]
▶ sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming)
▶ touchingly lovely
▶ cute
2. [adj-na,n]
▶ pitiful
▶ pitiable



History:
3. A 2018-04-08 06:11:51  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
G n-grams 901561
  Diff: 
@@ -7,0 +8 @@
+<ke_pri>spec1</ke_pri>
@@ -12,0 +14 @@
+<re_pri>spec1</re_pri>
2. A 2012-04-27 08:10:18  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
"piteously"? Looked like an oxymoron.
  Diff: 
@@ -17,1 +17,1 @@
-<gloss>piteously sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming)</gloss>
+<gloss>sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming)</gloss>
1. A* 2012-04-26 13:21:17  Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
GG5 daijr koj shinkaisan
  Comments: 
Elaborate meaning and nuance, with examples (all dicts give little girls and flowers).
(Split off “pitiful” sense, as seems a bit distinct.)
  Diff: 
@@ -17,1 +17,7 @@
-<gloss>poor</gloss>
+<gloss>piteously sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming)</gloss>
+<gloss>touchingly lovely</gloss>
+<gloss>cute</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -19,3 +25,1 @@
-<gloss>cute</gloss>
-<gloss>sweet</gloss>
-<gloss>lovely</gloss>
+<gloss>pitiable</gloss>

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