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惜おしい
Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. regrettable; disappointing; unfortunate
2. precious; dear; valuable
3. too good for; deserving better
4. almost (but not quite); close (but no cigar)
Alt. forms
惜おしい
87%
おしい
12%
Kanji used
惜
reluctant (to part with)
Pitch accent
お
し
い
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Used in: 3412
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
reluctant (to part)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
reluctant (to part)
regrettable; reluctant
Examples (2 in total)
This is still too good to be thrown away.
I think it's a great pity that he died so young.