惜しむ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
吝しむ
愛しむ

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「惜しむ
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
惜しむ
Imperative (命令形) 惜しめ
Key constructions
Passive 惜しまれる しまれ
Causative 惜しませる しませ
Potential 惜しめる しめ
Volitional 惜しもう しも
Negative 惜しまない しまない
Negative perfective 惜しまなかった しまなかった
Formal 惜しみます しみま
Perfective 惜しんだ んだ
Conjunctive 惜しんで んで
Hypothetical conditional 惜しめば めば

Verb

()しむ (oshimuをしむ (wosimu)?transitive godan (stem ()しみ (oshimi), past ()しんだ (oshinda))

  1. be stingy, be frugal
  2. hold dear
  3. regret
  4. be reluctant

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN