Home Japanese help expressing condolences?JJapanesehelp expressing condolences?April 3, 20222 comments I have someone very close to me who recently got diagnosed with a very serious and possibly terminal illness — is there a way in japanese to express my condolences without being overly formal?‘okinodoku’ seems so… clinical Tags:Japanese 2 commentsWill ご愁傷様です work?For this kind of question Eijiro is really good: https://eowf.alc.co.jp/search?q=sorry+to+hearBesides 気の毒, some others ones I see are 残念です, つらいですよね, or 大変ですね.Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
For this kind of question Eijiro is really good: https://eowf.alc.co.jp/search?q=sorry+to+hearBesides 気の毒, some others ones I see are 残念です, つらいですよね, or 大変ですね.
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Will ご愁傷様です work?
For this kind of question Eijiro is really good: https://eowf.alc.co.jp/search?q=sorry+to+hear
Besides 気の毒, some others ones I see are 残念です, つらいですよね, or 大変ですね.