さびしい
Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; forlorn
I was just a little lonely.
2. desolate; deserted; lonely (e.g. place); isolated; solitary
This mansion has become a lonely, empty place too.
3. sad
That smile also looked somehow sad.
4. lacking; wanting; insufficient
It feels like something's missing without tea, though.
Pitch accent
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Composed of
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
lonesome; lonely; forlorn
strapped for cash; hard up
Examples (45 in total)
Weren't you lonely?
She looked lonely.
I was just a little lonely.