Japanese word
残念
ざんねん
In your course · Chapter 24
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Level
- B1
- Frequency
- No. 668 in the course corpus
Meanings
- disappointing
- regrettable
- unfortunate
- vexing
Source: Tonada course · JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))
Kanji
- 残
- On reading:
- サン、ザン
- Kun reading:
- そこな.う、のこ.す、のこ.り、のこ.る
- Meanings:
- remainder, leftover, balance
- 念
- On reading:
- ネン
- Meanings:
- wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
Source: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))