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悼む

いたむ

to mourn

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Examples

  1. 故人を悼む。

    こじんをいたむ。

    We mourn the deceased.

  2. 大統領は犠牲者を悼む声明を出した。

    だいとうりょうはぎせいしゃをいたむせいめいをだした。

    The president issued a statement mourning the victims.

  3. 世界中の人々が彼の死を悼んだ。

    せかいじゅうのひとびとがかれのしをいたんだ。

    People around the world grieved his death.

Common patterns

死を悼む
to mourn someone's death
故人を悼む
to mourn the deceased
犠牲者を悼む
to mourn the victims

Memory tip

悼む is reserved for grieving the dead and is written with the heart radical. It sounds exactly like 痛む 'to hurt', so let the object decide: 傷が痛む is a body, 死を悼む is a person you have lost.

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