わびしい

• 読み: わびしい
• ローマ字: wabishii
• 発音: /wa.bi.ɕiː/

意味

Lonely; dreary; wretched; miserable. The everyday hiragana form expressing a bleak, downcast feeling of loneliness or desolation.

The hiragana writing わびしい is the standard form in modern conversational and informal writing, whereas 侘しい is reserved for literary and classical contexts. In modern usage, わびしい most often describes a scene, object, or emotional state that feels bleakly lonely — an empty apartment, a half-eaten meal, or the feeling of being forgotten. The resonance with wabi aesthetics is still present but sits quietly in the background of everyday use.

例文

1. 一人で食べるコンビニ弁当がわびしくて、久しぶりに家族に電話した。
2. 雨の日に帰っても誰もいない部屋は、わびしさを一層深めるばかりだ。
3. わびしい現実を直視するよりも、好きな音楽でやり過ごすことにした。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, personal reflection, social media, modern prose

トーン: melancholic

起源と歴史

The hiragana transcription of 侘しい, derived from the classical wabi aesthetic. In modern Japanese, the hiragana spelling dominates in everyday prose, social media, and casual writing, while the kanji form is associated with literary and artistic contexts.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: General