adjective

  1. helpless, forlorn, hopeless, unpromising, lonely, discouraging, disheartening.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
心細い こころぼそい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

heart, mind, spirit
こころ シン (2nd, N4)
dainty, get thin, taper
サイ こま.か ほそ.い (2nd, N2)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)