絶望

See also: 絕望 and 绝望

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぜつ
Grade: 5
ぼう
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

絶望 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 絕望, hiragana ぜつぼう, rōmaji zetsubō, historical hiragana ぜつばう)

  1. despair; hopelessness
    • 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi; Yamada, Kotaro, “だい42 ちち [Chapter 42: Father and Son]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], volume 5 (fiction), Jump Remix edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 244:
       () () (りゅう) (よみがえ)らせる (さい) () (かぎ)、それは…「 (ぜつ) (ぼう)
      Shisoryū o yomigaeraseru saigo no kagi, sore wa… “zetsubō
      The last key to resurrecting the First Dragon… “despair”

Verb

絶望する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 絕望する, hiragana ぜつぼうする, rōmaji zetsubō suru, historical hiragana ぜつばうする)

  1. to despair, to abandon, to lose all hope.
    • 1988 July 30 [Dec 25 1983], Fujiko F. Fujio, “らいドロボウ [The Future Thief]”, in ひとりぼっちの宇宙戦争 [The One-Man Cosmic War] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 1), volume 1 (fiction), 16th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 118:
      あの子が自分の () (らい) (ぜつ) (ぼう)したのは (しん) (がく) (もん) (だい)からだ。それが今夜 (ぎゃく) (てん)した。
      Ano ko ga jibun mirai ni zetsubō shita no wa shingaku mondai kara da. Sore ga kon’ya gyakutenshita.
      The boy was frustrated with his future because he couldn’t afford to go to school. That was solved tonight.

Conjugation

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