- painful; heartrending; trying
- oppressive; suffocating; miserable
adjective (keiyoushi)
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"Hey, what happened in the final episode of 'Tom and Mary'?" "They broke up, in the end. It was really bittersweet." "Oh my! And after being so deeply in love!"
Even now, I feel a sense of heartache and longing when I think of my first love.
I heard in the news that some parents ran over their children in error. Their hearts were shattered.