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[()·どく()]
kodoku
noun, na adjective, no adjective

English Meaning(s) for 孤独

noun, na adjective, no adjective
  1. solitude; loneliness; isolation

Definition and Synonyms for 孤独

Lonely marked by dejection from being alone
Synonyms: わびしい, 孤独, うら寂しい, 寂しい, 心寂しい, 物寂しい
Detached being or feeling set or kept apart from others
Synonyms: 孤独, 離れ離れ, 離れ離れ
Alone isolated from others
Synonyms: 孤独
Lonely characterized by or preferring solitude
Synonyms: 単1, 単一, 孤独
Alone lacking companions or companionship
Synonyms: 孤独
Outcast excluded from a society
Synonyms: 孤独
Isolation a feeling of being disliked and alone
Synonyms: アイソレーション, 孤独, 孤立, 絶縁, 隔絶, 隔離, 離隔
Purdah a state of social isolation
Synonyms: 一人ぼっち, 天涯孤独, , 孤児, 孤独
Solitariness the state of being alone in solitary isolation
Synonyms: 一人ぼっち, 天涯孤独, , 孤児, 孤独

Meanings for each kanji in 孤独

» orphan; alone
» single; alone; spontaneously; Germany

Categories 孤独 is a member of

Disaffection the feeling of being alienated from other people
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Isolation a state of separation between persons or groups
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Sample Sentences for 孤独

Every person who is alone is alone because they are afraid of others.
And so that morning too, she went down to the kitchen while bearing a loneliness that even by crying would not end. While thinking that when she becomes an adult she wants an explanation on, where this came from, and why it is possessing me.
He isn't lonely anymore.
In a sense, I am turning around the argument made by David Riesman in The Lonely Crowd.
Every day in your life you're lonely.

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