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They are nearly the same.

あわれ would sound more like "looking down on" the person while being pitiful.

Well your using hiragana to read and write.

あわれ-( awa re) meaning pity.

Pity means~

1. Sympathy and sorrow aroused by the misfortune or suffering of another.

In Kanji it's written like this:

哀れな (awarena)

かわいそう (kawaisō) at the end is a u.. So your seeing it as kawaisōu, I used google translate and made sure that was right cause the spelling was a little bit off.. So this means poor

Poor~

Having little or no wealth and few or no possessions

2. Lacking in a specified resource or quality: an area poor in timber and coal; a diet poor in calcium.

3. Not adequate in quality; inferior: a poor performance.

4.

a. Lacking in value; insufficient: poor wages.

b. Lacking in quantity: poor attendance.

5. Lacking fertility: poor soil.

6. Undernourished; lean.

7. Humble: a poor spirit.

In kanji it's written:

貧しい (mazushī)

But the differences between poor and pity is that poor can mean money wise or self esteem or personality wise, pity is where you pity or feel sympathic or sympathy towards the actions, feelings, and problem the are in.

Hope that helped :)

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