Japanese symbol for “deplorable”
遺憾
いかん
Romaji: ikan
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
In Japanese, deplorable is 遺憾, read いかん (ikan).
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Meanings
- adj-na, n regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “deplorable”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 情けない | なさけない nasakenai | miserable; pitiable; shameful |
| 見苦しい | みぐるしい migurushii | unsightly; ugly; unseemly |
| 嘆かわしい | なげかわしい nagekawashii | lamentable; deplorable; regrettable |
| 悲しい | かなしい kanashii | sad; lamentable; deplorable |
| 寒心 | かんしん kanshin | deplorable; alarming |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遺産 | いさん isan | inheritance; bequest; legacy |
| 遺体 | いたい itai | (dead) body; corpse; remains |
| 遺跡 | いせき iseki | (archeological) remains; ruins; relics |
| 遺伝 | いでん iden | heredity; (genetic) inheritance |
| 遺伝子 | いでんし idenshi | gene |
| 遺言 | ゆいごん yuigon | will; testament; one's dying wish |
| 遺憾なく | いかんなく ikannaku | fully; to the full; (most) satisfactorily |
| 遺憾千万 | いかんせんばん ikansenban | extremely regrettable; deeply unfortunate; most disappointing |
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