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Meaning of 悲報(ひほう) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 悲報

Kana Reading ひほう

Romaji hihō

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

sad news; news of a death

Example sentence

悲報を聞くと彼女は泣き崩れた。 Hearing the sad news, she collapsed in tears.

Examples of 悲報, ひほう in a sentence

悲報を聞くと彼女は泣き崩れた。

Hearing the sad news, she collapsed in tears.
悲報を聞いて彼女は涙をこぼしそうになった。

She all but wept when she heard the bad news.
彼はその悲報を取り乱さずに聞いた。

He heard the ill tidings without emotion.
その悲報に打たれて彼の母は気が狂った。

The tragic news drove his mother mad.

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Kanji in this word

悲 JLPT 3

12 strokes

grieve, sad, deplore, regret

On'Yomi: ヒ

Kun'Yomi: かな.しい, かな.しむ

報 JLPT 3

12 strokes

report, news, reward, retribution

On'Yomi: ホウ

Kun'Yomi: むく.いる

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