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惜おしい

おしい · oshii

JLPT N2 i-adjective 終止形

Regrettable, disappointing, unfortunate

  • precious, dear, valuable
  • too good for, deserving better
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Negative 惜くないおしくない
Past 惜かったおしかった
Past negative 惜くなかったおしくなかった
Te-form 惜くておしくて
Adverb 惜くおしく
Before a noun 惜いおしい
Ba-conditional 惜ければおしければ
Tara-conditional 惜かったらおしかったら
Become ~ 惜くなるおしくなる
Too ~ 惜すぎるおしすぎる

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In real sentences

This tooth is too precious to extract.

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I ran to the station, grudging even the time to eat breakfast.

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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い惜ゅう惜く惜かっ
Regrettable, disappointing,…