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Both bitter and sweet. / Expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure. / Of bittersweet color.

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bittersweet

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Source Word

bittersweet

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈbɪtɚˌswit/

Adjective

Both bitter and sweet. / Expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure. / Of bittersweet color.

Japanese Meaning

苦味と甘味が同時に存在する状態 / 痛みと喜びという対照的な感情を表す / 半苦・半甘の色合い

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The ending of the movie was bittersweet, leaving the audience smiling through their tears.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その映画の結末はほろ苦くて甘く、観客は涙をこらえながら微笑んでいた。

Sense（1）

Both bitter and sweet.

The dark green mooncake is loaded with matcha-infused salted egg yolk custard, which gives a bittersweet taste.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

Expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure.

[…] sensations of this kind, however delicious, are, at their first recognition, of a very tumultuous nature, and have very little of the opiate in them. They were, moreover, in the present case, embittered with certain circumstances, which being mixed with sweeter ingredients, tended altogether to compose a draught that might be termed bitter-sweet […]

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（3）

Of bittersweet color.

more bittersweet

（ comparative ）

most bittersweet

（ superlative ）

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