惜しい (おしい): regrettable, disappointing — Japanese vocabulary
惜しい is read おしい and means "regrettable, disappointing". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
惜しい
- Reading
- おしい · oshii
- Translation
- regrettable, disappointing
- Level
- JLPT N2
- Pitch accent
- おしいが
Example
これはまだ捨てるには惜しい。
これはまだすてるにはおしい。
This is still too good to be thrown away.
Kanji in this word
- 惜 — regret
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