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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

心の痛み

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kokoro no itami

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Heartache/ˈhɑːt.eɪk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"失恋の悲しみで彼の胸には深い心の痛みがあった。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Emotional grief or anguish; deep sorrow.

    "She experienced deep heartache after the sudden end of her relationship."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English 'heorte' (heart) combined with 'acan' (to ache), documented in Middle English as 'herteache' around the 14th century. Over centuries, the term evolved from physical chest pain metaphors to signify profound emotional suffering and grief.

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