浅ましい (asamashii)

wretched, miserable, shameful, mean, despicable, abject

  • JLPT N1
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Meaning

浅ましい (あさましい, asamashii) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “wretched, miserable, shameful, mean, despicable, abject”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 1

西行は、院の浅ましいすがたを嘆き、一首の歌を詠む。

Saigyo grieves at the shameful In, and makes a poem.