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VocabJLPT N1

lamentation

Noun

Definitions

1. grief
2. lamentation

This noun refers to a deep feeling of sorrow, grief, or lamentation. It conveys an emotional sense of mourning or despair and is often used in literary or formal contexts to describe heartfelt sadness.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

It feels like the grief of the lost forest is mixed into the scent of the wind.

Sentence 2

The sound of sand falling through the hourglass echoes like the grief of an ending.

Sentence 3

The cracked ice waits for spring, carrying its silent grief within.

Sentence 4

The joint statement carried an undertone of grief over the prolonged conflict.

Sentence 5

I can't help but lead with the thought that I'll just fail again.