哀愁

Meaning

1. n
   pathos; sorrow; grief

Example sentences

• ここ浄閑寺、通称「投げ込み寺」の墓地には、最後の休息場所を見つけた何千もの遊女、いわゆる「楽しみのための女性」の慰霊碑があり、それは言い知れない哀愁に満ちていて、どういうわけか何度でもここに戻ってきたい気持ちが沸き起こる。

  Here at the Jokanji, also known as the "Nagekomi-dera", in the cemetery there is a memorial to thousands of prostitutes, the so-called "women of pleasure", who have found their final resting place here. It's filled with an indescribable melancholy, and, for some reason, it makes me want to come back here again and again.