悲しい

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 友達が引っ越して悲しいです。▶ —
   I'm sad that my friend moved away.
2. 悲しい映画でした。▶ —
   It was a sad movie.

Collocations

Mnemonic

悲しい kanashii — i-adjective. Pairs with 嬉しい. Korean equivalent seul-peu-da, English "sad". Noun 悲しみ kanashimi (sadness, common in poetry). Distinct from 寂しい samishii (lonely, batch 2): kanashii = sadness over events; samishii = loneliness from absence.

Quick check

1. "I feel lonely because my friend is gone" — best adjective?

   • 寂しい samishii (loneliness from absence — correct)
   • 悲しい kanashii (sadness over events, broader)
   • 嬉しい (happy, wrong)
   • 楽しい (fun, wrong)