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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "惜しい",
"ruby": [
[
"惜",
"お"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "oshii",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "wosii",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しく",
"roman": "oshiku",
"ruby": [
[
"惜",
"お"
]
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-i",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "おしかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "oshikaro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "おしく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "oshiku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "おしい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "oshii",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "おしい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "oshii",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "おしけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "oshikere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "おしかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "oshikare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "おしくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "oshiku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "おしかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "oshikatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "おしくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "oshiku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "おしいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "oshii desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "おしくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "oshiku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "おしかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "oshikatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "おしくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "oshiku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "おしくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "oshikute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "おしければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "oshikereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "おしかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "oshikattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "おしかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "oshikarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "おしく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "oshiku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "おしさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "oshisa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "おしい",
"hhira": "をし.い",
"infl": "い"
},
"expansion": "惜(お)しい • (oshii) ^(←をしい (wosii)?)-i (adverbial 惜(お)しく (oshiku))",
"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": "おし",
"lemma": "惜し",
"provisional": "かったら",
"terminal": "い",
"volitional": "かろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "it's really a pity that it has ended",
"roman": "owatteshimau no wa hontō ni oshii",
"ruby": [
[
"終",
"お"
],
[
"本当",
"ほんとう"
],
[
"惜",
"お"
]
],
"text": "終わってしまうのは本当に惜しい"
}
],
"glosses": [
"unfortunate, regrettable"
],
"id": "en-惜しい-ja-adj-AUcfnbLD",
"links": [
[
"unfortunate",
"unfortunate"
],
[
"regrettable",
"regrettable"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a waste, too good for"
],
"id": "en-惜しい-ja-adj-~dKrMlzX",
"links": [
[
"waste",
"waste"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ruby": [
[
"説明",
"せつめい"
],
[
"時間",
"じかん"
],
[
"惜",
"お"
]
],
"text": "説明する時間が惜しい\nsetsumei suru jikan ga oshii\nthere is little time to explain\n(literally, “time for explaining is precious”)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"precious"
],
"id": "en-惜しい-ja-adj-FX~FUSGr",
"links": [
[
"precious",
"precious"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "41 1 3 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "36 2 6 56",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
"parents": [
"Links with manual fragments",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 2 5 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 2 5 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "36 1 9 53",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "40 1 5 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "so close! but it can't be helped",
"roman": "oshii kedo shikata nai",
"ruby": [
[
"惜",
"お"
],
[
"仕方",
"しかた"
]
],
"text": "惜しいけど仕方ない"
},
{
"english": "Now it is so close!",
"roman": "ima no wa oshii",
"ruby": [
[
"今",
"いま"
],
[
"惜",
"お"
]
],
"text": "今のは惜しい"
}
],
"glosses": [
"close; almost; close but no cigar; barely and unfortunately/regrettably missing the mark"
],
"id": "en-惜しい-ja-adj-GbUeAHA2",
"links": [
[
"close",
"close"
],
[
"almost",
"almost"
],
[
"close but no cigar",
"close but no cigar"
],
[
"barely",
"barely"
],
[
"unfortunately",
"unfortunately"
],
[
"regrettably",
"regrettably"
],
[
"missing the mark",
"miss the mark"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "おしい"
},
{
"ipa": "[o̞ɕii]"
}
],
"word": "惜しい"
}
{
"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 historically spelled with を",
"Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
"Japanese い-i adjectives"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "惜しい",
"ruby": [
[
"惜",
"お"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "oshii",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "wosii",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しく",
"roman": "oshiku",
"ruby": [
[
"惜",
"お"
]
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-i",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "おしかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "oshikaro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "おしく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "oshiku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "おしい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "oshii",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "おしい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "oshii",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "おしけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "oshikere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "おしかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "oshikare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "おしくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "oshiku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "おしかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "oshikatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "おしくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "oshiku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "おしいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "oshii desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "おしくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "oshiku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "おしかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "oshikatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "おしくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "oshiku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "おしくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "oshikute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "おしければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "oshikereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "おしかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "oshikattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "おしかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "oshikarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "おしく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "oshiku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "惜しさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "おしさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "oshisa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "おしい",
"hhira": "をし.い",
"infl": "い"
},
"expansion": "惜(お)しい • (oshii) ^(←をしい (wosii)?)-i (adverbial 惜(お)しく (oshiku))",
"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": "おし",
"lemma": "惜し",
"provisional": "かったら",
"terminal": "い",
"volitional": "かろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "it's really a pity that it has ended",
"roman": "owatteshimau no wa hontō ni oshii",
"ruby": [
[
"終",
"お"
],
[
"本当",
"ほんとう"
],
[
"惜",
"お"
]
],
"text": "終わってしまうのは本当に惜しい"
}
],
"glosses": [
"unfortunate, regrettable"
],
"links": [
[
"unfortunate",
"unfortunate"
],
[
"regrettable",
"regrettable"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a waste, too good for"
],
"links": [
[
"waste",
"waste"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"ruby": [
[
"説明",
"せつめい"
],
[
"時間",
"じかん"
],
[
"惜",
"お"
]
],
"text": "説明する時間が惜しい\nsetsumei suru jikan ga oshii\nthere is little time to explain\n(literally, “time for explaining is precious”)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"precious"
],
"links": [
[
"precious",
"precious"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "so close! but it can't be helped",
"roman": "oshii kedo shikata nai",
"ruby": [
[
"惜",
"お"
],
[
"仕方",
"しかた"
]
],
"text": "惜しいけど仕方ない"
},
{
"english": "Now it is so close!",
"roman": "ima no wa oshii",
"ruby": [
[
"今",
"いま"
],
[
"惜",
"お"
]
],
"text": "今のは惜しい"
}
],
"glosses": [
"close; almost; close but no cigar; barely and unfortunately/regrettably missing the mark"
],
"links": [
[
"close",
"close"
],
[
"almost",
"almost"
],
[
"close but no cigar",
"close but no cigar"
],
[
"barely",
"barely"
],
[
"unfortunately",
"unfortunately"
],
[
"regrettably",
"regrettably"
],
[
"missing the mark",
"miss the mark"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "おしい"
},
{
"ipa": "[o̞ɕii]"
}
],
"word": "惜しい"
}
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"called_from": "parser/304",
"msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
"path": [
"惜しい"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "惜しい",
"trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"惜しい"
],
"section": "Japanese",
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"title": "惜しい",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (bb24e0f and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.