"残念" meaning in Japanese

See 残念 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [d͡zã̠nːẽ̞ɴ]
Etymology: Seems to be a Japanese coinage from Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 残 (zan, “remaining, lingering”) + 念 (nen, “concern”). Appears in texts from the late 1500s. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=さんぜん'}} Middle Chinese, {{compound|ja|残|念|t1=remaining, lingering|t2=concern|tr1=zan|tr2=nen}} 残 (zan, “remaining, lingering”) + 念 (nen, “concern”) Head templates: {{ja-adj|ざんねん|infl=な}} 残(ざん)念(ねん) • (zannen) -na (adnominal 残(ざん)念(ねん)な (zannen na), adverbial 残(ざん)念(ねん)に (zannen ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=ざんねん|lemma=残念|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: 残念 [canonical] (ruby: (ざん), (ねん)), zannen [romanization], 残念な [adnominal] (ruby: (ざん), (ねん)), 残念に [adverbial] (ruby: (ざん), (ねん)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 残念だろ [imperfective, stem], ざんねんだろ [imperfective, stem], zannen daro [imperfective], 残念で [continuative, stem], ざんねんで [continuative, stem], zannen de [continuative], 残念だ [stem, terminative], ざんねんだ [stem, terminative], zannen da [terminative], 残念な [attributive, stem], ざんねんな [attributive, stem], zannen na [attributive], 残念なら [hypothetical, stem], ざんねんなら [hypothetical, stem], zannen nara [hypothetical], 残念であれ [imperative, stem], ざんねんであれ [imperative, stem], zannen de are [imperative], 残念ではない [informal, negative], 残念じゃない [informal, negative], ざんねんではない [informal, negative], ざんねんじゃない [informal, negative], zannen de wa nai [informal, negative], zannen ja nai [informal, negative], 残念だった [informal, past], ざんねんだった [informal, past], zannen datta [informal, past], 残念ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 残念じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], ざんねんではなかった [informal, negative, past], ざんねんじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], zannen de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], zannen ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 残念です [formal], ざんねんです [formal], zannen desu [formal], 残念ではありません [formal, negative], 残念じゃありません [formal, negative], ざんねんではありません [formal, negative], ざんねんじゃありません [formal, negative], zannen de wa arimasen [formal, negative], zannen ja arimasen [formal, negative], 残念でした [formal, past], ざんねんでした [formal, past], zannen deshita [formal, past], 残念ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 残念じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], ざんねんではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], ざんねんじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], zannen de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], zannen ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 残念で [conjunctive], ざんねんで [conjunctive], zannen de [conjunctive], 残念なら(ば) [conditional], ざんねんなら(ば) [conditional], zannen nara (ba) [conditional], 残念だったら [conditional, past], ざんねんだったら [conditional, past], zannen dattara [conditional, past], 残念だろう [volitional], ざんねんだろう [volitional], zannen darō [volitional], 残念に [adverbial], ざんねんに [adverbial], zannen ni [adverbial], 残念さ [noun-from-adj], ざんねんさ [noun-from-adj], zannensa [noun-from-adj]
  1. regretful
    with connotations of pity, sadness, disappointment, and shame
    Sense id: en-残念-ja-adj-sUh60wrm Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 44 44 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 44 45 11 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 41 42 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 26 33 40 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 32 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 32 32 36
  2. regretful
    with connotations of vexation or mortification (often used to end a sentence)
    Sense id: en-残念-ja-adj-4sMSz1Qz Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 44 44 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 44 45 11 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 41 42 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 26 33 40 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 32 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 32 32 36

Noun

IPA: [d͡zã̠nːẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 残念 [canonical] (ruby: (ざん), (ねん)), zannen [romanization]
Etymology: Seems to be a Japanese coinage from Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 残 (zan, “remaining, lingering”) + 念 (nen, “concern”). Appears in texts from the late 1500s. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=さんぜん'}} Middle Chinese, {{compound|ja|残|念|t1=remaining, lingering|t2=concern|tr1=zan|tr2=nen}} 残 (zan, “remaining, lingering”) + 念 (nen, “concern”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ざんねん}} 残(ざん)念(ねん) • (zannen)
  1. regret
    Sense id: en-残念-ja-noun-1SWazsDY Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 44 44 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 44 45 11 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 41 42 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 26 33 40 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 32 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 32 32 36
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      "form": "残念だろ",
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      "form": "zannen de",
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      "form": "残念だ",
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      "form": "zannen da",
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      "form": "残念な",
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      "form": "zannen na",
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      "form": "残念なら",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "stem"
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      "form": "ざんねんなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "zannen nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "残念であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ざんねんであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "zannen de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "残念ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "残念じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ざんねんではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ざんねんじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "informal",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "zannen de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "zannen ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "残念だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "ざんねんだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "zannen datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "残念ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "残念じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "ざんねんではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative",
        "past"
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "zannen de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "zannen ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "残念です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ざんねんです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zannen desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "残念ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "残念じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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      "form": "ざんねんではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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      "form": "ざんねんじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zannen de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zannen ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "残念でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ざんねんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zannen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "残念ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "残念じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ざんねんではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ざんねんじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "zannen de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zannen ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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      "form": "残念で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "ざんねんで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "zannen de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "残念なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ざんねんなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zannen nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "残念だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ざんねんだったら",
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    },
    {
      "form": "zannen dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "残念だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ざんねんだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zannen darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "残念に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ざんねんに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zannen ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "残念さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ざんねんさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "zannensa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
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        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "ざんねん",
        "lemma": "残念",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
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      "form": "zannen ja arimasen",
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    {
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    {
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      "form": "ざんねんなら(ば)",
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      "form": "zannen nara (ba)",
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    {
      "form": "残念だったら",
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      "form": "ざんねんさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zannensa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ざんねん",
        "infl": "な"
      },
      "expansion": "残(ざん)念(ねん) • (zannen) -na (adnominal 残(ざん)念(ねん)な (zannen na), adverbial 残(ざん)念(ねん)に (zannen ni))",
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    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "ざんねん",
        "lemma": "残念",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Unfortunately, many paintings were lost in the fire.",
          "roman": "Zannen na koto ni, kaji de ōku no kaiga ga ushinawarechatta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "残念",
              "ざんねん"
            ],
            [
              "火事",
              "かじ"
            ],
            [
              "多",
              "おお"
            ],
            [
              "絵画",
              "かいが"
            ],
            [
              "失",
              "うしな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "残念なことに、火事で多くの絵画が失われちゃった。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "regretful",
        "with connotations of pity, sadness, disappointment, and shame"
      ],
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        [
          "regretful",
          "regretful"
        ],
        [
          "connotation",
          "connotation"
        ],
        [
          "pity",
          "pity"
        ],
        [
          "sadness",
          "sadness"
        ],
        [
          "disappointment",
          "disappointment"
        ],
        [
          "shame",
          "shame"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I feel regretful losing the soccer game that we should have won.",
          "roman": "Kateta hazu datta sakkā no shiai ni makete zannen da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "勝",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "試合",
              "しあい"
            ],
            [
              "負",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "残念",
              "ざんねん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "勝てたはずだったサッカーの試合に負けて残念だ。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "regretful",
        "with connotations of vexation or mortification (often used to end a sentence)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regretful",
          "regretful"
        ],
        [
          "connotation",
          "connotation"
        ],
        [
          "vexation",
          "vexation"
        ],
        [
          "mortification",
          "mortification"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ざんねん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zã̠nːẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "残念"
}

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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "残",
        "3": "念",
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        "t2": "concern",
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        "tr2": "nen"
      },
      "expansion": "残 (zan, “remaining, lingering”) + 念 (nen, “concern”)",
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  ],
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      "form": "残念",
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          "残",
          "ざん"
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          "念",
          "ねん"
        ]
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      "args": {
        "1": "ざんねん"
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "It's a pity losing the priceless paintings in the museum's fire.",
          "roman": "Sono bijutsukan no kaji de kichō na kaiga ga moete shimatta koto wa zannen da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "美術館",
              "びじゅつかん"
            ],
            [
              "火事",
              "かじ"
            ],
            [
              "貴重",
              "きちょう"
            ],
            [
              "絵画",
              "かい"
            ],
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              "燃",
              "がも"
            ],
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              "残念",
              "ざんねん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "その美術館の火事で貴重な絵画が燃えてしまったことは残念だ。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "But then again, this regret was not a simple thing, […]",
          "roman": "Shikashi mata kono zannen wa tanjun na mono de wa nakute,…",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "残",
              "ざん"
            ],
            [
              "念",
              "ねん"
            ],
            [
              "単",
              "たん"
            ],
            [
              "純",
              "じゅん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "しかしまたこの残念は単純なものではなくて、…",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "regret"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regret",
          "regret"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "other": "ざんねん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zã̠nːẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "残念"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 残念 meaning in Japanese (12.6kB)

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