Nounkana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)

Particlehow!; what!; alas!

I-adjective (keiyoushi)sad; miserable; unhappy; sorrowful · sad; lamentable; deplorable; grievous

Adverb (fukushi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty

I-adjective (keiyoushi)no match for; cannot compete with; not in the same league as; powerless against · cannot stand; cannot bear; cannot put up with; unbearable; intolerable · unable to do; cannot do; impossible