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おしい

Kanji
惜しい
Adjective
Japanese Meaning
残念に思う気持ちを表す形容詞。あと少しで望みが叶いそうだったのに届かなかったときなどに使う。 / 価値や才能があるのに、充分に生かされていないさま。もったいない。 / (口語)完全・完璧ではないが、かなりよい・悪くないと評価するときに使う。
Easy Japanese Meaning
もうすこしでよくなれたのに、そうならなくてざんねんだと思うようす
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
可惜的 / 令人遗憾的 / 差一点的
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
可惜的 / 遺憾的 / 差一點就成功的
Korean Meaning
아깝다 / 안타깝다 / 아쉬운
Vietnamese Meaning
đáng tiếc / không may / suýt đúng nhưng hụt
Tagalog Meaning
nakapanghihinayang / sayang / nakalulungkot
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His failure is truly regrettable.

Chinese (Simplified) Translation

他的失败真是可惜。

Chinese (Traditional) Translation

他的失敗真是可惜。

Korean Translation

그의 실패는 정말 아깝다.

Vietnamese Translation

Thất bại của anh ấy thật đáng tiếc.

Tagalog Translation

Nakakapanghinayang talaga ang pagkabigo niya.

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Sense(1)

惜しい: regrettable, unfortunate

romanization

adverbial

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inflection-template

imperfective stem

imperfective stem

continuative stem

continuative stem

stem terminative

stem terminative

attributive stem

attributive stem

hypothetical stem

hypothetical stem

imperative stem

imperative stem

informal negative

informal negative

informal past

informal past

informal negative past

informal negative past

formal

formal

formal negative

formal negative

formal past

formal past

formal negative past

formal negative past

conjunctive

conjunctive

conditional

conditional

conditional past

conditional past

volitional

volitional

adverbial

adverbial

noun-from-adj

noun-from-adj

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惜しい: regrettable, unfortunate

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おしい

彼の失敗は本当におしい。

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His failure is truly regrettable.

His failure is truly regrettable.

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彼の失敗は本当におしい。

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