Equivalent of saying "It breaks my heart"?


What's the Japanese equivalent of saying "It breaks my heart"?




Naturally it depends on context.

For specifically romantic heartbreak, there is
[失恋{しつれん}(する)](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/98861/meaning/m0u/%E5%A4%B1%E6%81%8B/):

> 失恋から立ち直れない。  
>  I can't recover from my heartbreak.

For more general heartbreak (such as the arrest or death of a friend or family
member), there is the expression
[悲嘆{ひたん}に暮れる{くれる}](http://jisho.org/search/%E6%82%B2%E5%98%86%E3%81%AB%E6%9A%AE%E3%82%8C%E3%82%8B):

> お父さんの死で悲嘆に暮れました。  
>  He was heartbroken after his father's death.




Naturally it depends on context.

For specifically romantic heartbreak, there is
[失恋{しつれん}(する)](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/98861/meaning/m0u/%E5%A4%B1%E6%81%8B/):

> 失恋から立ち直れない。  
>  I can't recover from my heartbreak.

For more general heartbreak (such as the arrest or death of a friend or family
member), there is the expression
[悲嘆{ひたん}に暮れる{くれる}](http://jisho.org/search/%E6%82%B2%E5%98%86%E3%81%AB%E6%9A%AE%E3%82%8C%E3%82%8B):

> お父さんの死で悲嘆に暮れました。  
>  He was heartbroken after his father's death.

