おしい

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of おしい – see the following entry.
惜しい
unfortunate, regrettable
a waste, too good for
precious
close; almost; close but no cigar; barely and unfortunately/regrettably missing the mark
(This term, おしい (oshī), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)