惜く
おしく · oshiku
JLPT N2 i-adjective 連用形
惜く is the masu-stem of 惜い — regrettable, disappointing, unfortunate.
- precious, dear, valuable
- too good for, deserving better
How it’s built
惜い
惜く
Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.
惜い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 惜い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 惜い
| Negative (ない形) | 惜くないおしくない |
| Past (た形) | 惜かったおしかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 惜くなかったおしくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 惜くておしくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) ← this one | 惜くおしく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 惜いおしい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 惜ければおしければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 惜かったらおしかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 惜くなるおしくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 惜すぎるおしすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
惜けれ惜きゃ惜けりゃ惜かろ惜かろう惜かろふ惜惜い惜ゅう惜かっSave your words
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