恋しい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
こい
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
戀しい (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「恋しい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 恋しく しく
いし

Terminal (終止形) 恋しい いし
Attributive (連体形) 恋しい いし
Key constructions
Informal negative 恋しくない しくない
いしくない

Informal past 恋しかった しかった
いしかった

Informal negative past 恋しくなかった しくなかった
いしくなかった

Formal 恋しいです いしいです
Conjunctive 恋しくて しくて
いしくて

Conditional 恋しければ しければ
いしければ

Adjective

(こい)しい (koishiiこひしい (kofisii)?-i (adverbial (こい)しく (koishiku))

  1. longed for, missed, felt homesick for

Usage notes

  • This expression can only be used when missing an experience, e.g. culture, environment, taste of a food, et cetera. If a person is missed, the desiderative form of 会う (au, to meet) is used instead.

Inflection

References

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