可惜し
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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可 | 惜 |
あたら | |
Grade: 5 | Grade: S |
jukujikun |
Alternative spelling |
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惜し |
Etymology
[edit]From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *atarasi. Cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *atarasi (whence Okinawan 可惜しゃん (atarashan) and Yonaguni 新さん (atarasan, “new”)).
Adjective
[edit]- (archaic) regrettable; regretful
- (archaic) unfortunate
- (archaic) tragic
- (archaic) precious; valuable
Conjugation
[edit]Stem forms | ||||
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Irrealis (未然形) | 可惜しく[1] 可惜しから[2] |
あたらしく あたらしから |
atarasiku atarasikara | |
Continuative (連用形) | 可惜しく[1] 可惜しかり[2] |
あたらしく あたらしかり |
atarasiku atarasikari | |
Terminal (終止形) | 可惜し | あたらし | atarasi | |
Attributive (連体形) | 可惜しき 可惜しかる |
あたらしき あたらしかる |
atarasiki atarasikaru | |
Realis (已然形) | 可惜しけれ | あたらしけれ | atarasikere | |
Imperative (命令形) | 可惜しかれ | あたらしかれ | atarasikare | |
Key constructions | ||||
Negative | 可惜しからず | あたらしからず | atarasikarazu | |
Contrasting conjunction | 可惜しけれど | あたらしけれど | atarasikeredo | |
Causal conjunction | 可惜しければ | あたらしければ | atarasikereba | |
Conditional conjunction | 可惜しくば | あたらしくば | atarasikuba | |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 可惜しかりき | あたらしかりき | atarasikariki | |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 可惜しかりけり | あたらしかりけり | atarasikarikeri | |
Adverbial | 可惜しく | あたらしく | atarasiku | |
[1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb. |
References
[edit]- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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