寂しい

Meanings

1. lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; forlorn
2. desolate; deserted; lonely (e.g. place); isolated; solitary
3. sad
4. lacking; wanting; insufficient

Part of speech: i-adjective

Kanji

• 寂

  Meanings

  loneliness, quietly, mellow, mature

  On reading

  ジャク、セキ

  Kun reading

  さび、さび.しい、さび.れる、さみ.しい

  Strokes

  11

Example sentences

• 一人で生活するのは寂しい。

  It is lonely to live alone.

  Tatoeba #190488 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• それで、彼女はとてもさびしく思っています。

  And she misses them very much.

  Tatoeba #205781 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 会えなくて淋しい。

  I miss you.

  Tatoeba #4735 · CC BY 2.0 FR