"好ましい" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [ko̞no̞ma̠ɕiː]
Etymology: Adjectivization of verb 好む (konomu, “to prefer, to like”), using the adjectivizing suffix しい (-shii, “that kind of thing, that kind of quality”). Head templates: {{ja-adj|このましい|infl=i}} 好(この)ましい • (konomashii) -i (adverbial 好(この)ましく (konomashiku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=このまし|lemma=好まし|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 好ましい [canonical] (ruby: (この)), konomashii [romanization], 好ましく [adverbial] (ruby: (この)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 好ましかろ [imperfective, stem], このましかろ [imperfective, stem], konomashikaro [imperfective], 好ましく [continuative, stem], このましく [continuative, stem], konomashiku [continuative], 好ましい [stem, terminative], このましい [stem, terminative], konomashii [terminative], 好ましい [attributive, stem], このましい [attributive, stem], konomashii [attributive], 好ましけれ [hypothetical, stem], このましけれ [hypothetical, stem], konomashikere [hypothetical], 好ましかれ [imperative, stem], このましかれ [imperative, stem], konomashikare [imperative], 好ましくない [informal, negative], このましくない [informal, negative], konomashiku nai [informal, negative], 好ましかった [informal, past], このましかった [informal, past], konomashikatta [informal, past], 好ましくなかった [informal, negative, past], このましくなかった [informal, negative, past], konomashiku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 好ましいです [formal], このましいです [formal], konomashii desu [formal], 好ましくないです [formal, negative], このましくないです [formal, negative], konomashiku nai desu [formal, negative], 好ましかったです [formal, past], このましかったです [formal, past], konomashikatta desu [formal, past], 好ましくなかったです [formal, negative, past], このましくなかったです [formal, negative, past], konomashiku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 好ましくて [conjunctive], このましくて [conjunctive], konomashikute [conjunctive], 好ましければ [conditional], このましければ [conditional], konomashikereba [conditional], 好ましかったら [conditional, past], このましかったら [conditional, past], konomashikattara [conditional, past], 好ましかろう [volitional], このましかろう [volitional], konomashikarō [volitional], 好ましく [adverbial], このましく [adverbial], konomashiku [adverbial], 好ましさ [noun-from-adj], このましさ [noun-from-adj], konomashisa [noun-from-adj]
  1. nice, likeable
    Sense id: en-好ましい-ja-adj-UUzItTtz Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 69 5 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 56 7 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 63 5 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 64 5 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 65 5 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 63 5 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 64 5 31
  2. preferable, desired
    Sense id: en-好ましい-ja-adj-E-IWTiL-
  3. (archaic) lewd, lascivious, lustful, lecherous Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-好ましい-ja-adj-VQGq6TTf Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 好もしい: nice (konomoshii), likeable, preferable, desired, enviable, envied, wanted

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "nasty, disgusting, detestable",
      "roman": "itowashii",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "厭",
          "いと"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "厭わしい"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Adjectivization of verb 好む (konomu, “to prefer, to like”), using the adjectivizing suffix しい (-shii, “that kind of thing, that kind of quality”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "好ましい",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "好",
          "この"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashii",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましく",
      "roman": "konomashiku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "好",
          "この"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashikaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashikere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashikare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashiku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashikatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashiku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashii desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashiku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashikatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashiku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashikute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashikereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashikattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashikarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "このましい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "好(この)ましい • (konomashii) -i (adverbial 好(この)ましく (konomashiku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "このまし",
        "lemma": "好まし",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "konomoshii",
      "word": "好もしい: nice"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "likeable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "preferable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "desired"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "enviable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "envied"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wanted"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "69 5 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 7 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 5 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 5 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 5 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 5 32",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 5 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nice, likeable"
      ],
      "id": "en-好ましい-ja-adj-UUzItTtz",
      "links": [
        [
          "nice",
          "nice"
        ],
        [
          "likeable",
          "likeable"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "preferable, desired"
      ],
      "id": "en-好ましい-ja-adj-E-IWTiL-",
      "links": [
        [
          "preferable",
          "preferable"
        ],
        [
          "desired",
          "desired"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lewd, lascivious, lustful, lecherous"
      ],
      "id": "en-好ましい-ja-adj-VQGq6TTf",
      "links": [
        [
          "lewd",
          "lewd"
        ],
        [
          "lascivious",
          "lascivious"
        ],
        [
          "lustful",
          "lustful"
        ],
        [
          "lecherous",
          "lecherous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) lewd, lascivious, lustful, lecherous"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "このましい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞no̞ma̠ɕiː]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijirin"
  ],
  "word": "好ましい"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "nasty, disgusting, detestable",
      "roman": "itowashii",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "厭",
          "いと"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "厭わしい"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Adjectivization of verb 好む (konomu, “to prefer, to like”), using the adjectivizing suffix しい (-shii, “that kind of thing, that kind of quality”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "好ましい",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "好",
          "この"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashii",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましく",
      "roman": "konomashiku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "好",
          "この"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashikaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashikere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashikare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashiku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashikatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashiku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashii desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashiku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashikatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashiku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashikute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashikereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashikattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashikarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "好ましさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "このましさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "konomashisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "このましい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "好(この)ましい • (konomashii) -i (adverbial 好(この)ましく (konomashiku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "このまし",
        "lemma": "好まし",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "konomoshii",
      "word": "好もしい: nice"
    },
    {
      "word": "likeable"
    },
    {
      "word": "preferable"
    },
    {
      "word": "desired"
    },
    {
      "word": "enviable"
    },
    {
      "word": "envied"
    },
    {
      "word": "wanted"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nice, likeable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nice",
          "nice"
        ],
        [
          "likeable",
          "likeable"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "preferable, desired"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "preferable",
          "preferable"
        ],
        [
          "desired",
          "desired"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lewd, lascivious, lustful, lecherous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lewd",
          "lewd"
        ],
        [
          "lascivious",
          "lascivious"
        ],
        [
          "lustful",
          "lustful"
        ],
        [
          "lecherous",
          "lecherous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) lewd, lascivious, lustful, lecherous"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "このましい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞no̞ma̠ɕiː]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijirin"
  ],
  "word": "好ましい"
}
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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "好ましい",
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}

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