悲報

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悲	報
ひ Grade: 3	ほう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ひほー [hìhóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [çiho̞ː]

Noun

悲報 (hiragana ひほう, rōmaji hihō, historical hiragana ひほう)

news that brings sorrow
悲 (ひ)報 (ほう)を受 (う)け取 (と)った。
Hihō o uketotta.
We received the sad news.

Antonyms

朗 (ろう)報 (ほう) (rōhō)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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