Word · 単語
情けない
Reading なさけない
miserable
miserable · pitiable · shameful · deplorable · pathetic
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自分の行動を思い出すと情けないよ。
When I think back on what I did, I feel pretty stupid.
親として誠に情けない状態にありました。
As a parent I was in a truly pitiable state.
ってゆーか、こうやってぐじぐじ考えるのが情けないんじゃないのか?
Or rather, is it not just pathetic that I think such whiny thoughts like this?
なさけないの・・・ボディスラムくらいで、そんな死にそうな声、ださないでよ。
That's pitiful ... don't put on such a death-bed voice from just a body slam.
そのような時逃げるしか考えていない日本国民は情けない。
The Japanese people, thinking only of running away in such times, are pathetic.