嘆く
nageku
to sigh; to lament; to grieve
Example sentences
彼は身の不安を嘆いた。
He lamented his hard fate.
彼は現状を大いに嘆いた。
He deeply deplored the situation.
農夫たちは干天のため冬作の穀物は不作だろうとなげいた。
The farmers complained that because of the dry weather there would be a poor harvest of winter grain.
More N1 vocabulary
- 吝嗇stinginess; miser; miserliness; skinflint; tightwad; niggard; pinching pennies
- 悩ましいseductive; melancholy; languid
- 一まずfor the present; once; in outline
- 内乱civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
- 生死life and death
- 修飾ornamentation; embellishment; decoration; adornment; polish up (writing); modification (gram)