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    3. 惜

    惜

    惜お.しい

    pity

    N1KMT9Freq #1641Emotions & PsychologyKanji11 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    お.しいお.しむ

    On'yomi

    セキ

    pitybe sparing offrugalstingyregret

    忄昔

    忄
    心
    十
    廾
    丿
    日

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    措曹悼憤恂悍悸悴愃悽惶惺愎措悌曹恂悸惟悼悍悖悴悵怕憤

    Alternative forms of this concept

    忄
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    Concepts using this kanji

    名残惜しい

    reluctant (to part)

    惜しむ

    to spare

    惜敗

    regrettable defeat

    惜しみ無く

    without stint

    一文惜しみ

    stinginess

    時間を惜しむ

    to value time

    不惜身命

    devoting one's body and soul to Buddhist teachings

    出し惜しみ

    being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.)

    出し惜しむ

    to grudge

    体を惜しむ

    to be lazy

    口惜しい

    frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice)

    売り惜しみ

    being reluctant to sell

    売り惜しむ

    to hold back on

    惜別

    reluctance to part

    別れを惜しむ

    to loathe to part (with)

    可惜身命

    valuing one's body and life

    可惜

    alas

    痛惜

    deep regret

    物惜しみ

    stinginess

    ふぐは食いたし命は惜しし

    honey is sweet, but the bee stings

    惜敗率

    ratio of the margin of loss of an electoral candidate in a single-constituent district (used to break ties when determining the representative of a proportionally represented district)

    命を惜しむ

    to hold one's life dear

    命が惜しければ

    if you value your life

    労を惜しまず

    sparing no trouble

    残り惜しい

    regrettable

    春惜しむ

    to lament the end of spring

    惜春

    lamenting the passing of spring

    寝る間も惜しんで

    without sparing time for sleep

    骨身を惜しまず

    unsparing

    骨身を惜しまない

    unsparing

    惜しい

    regrettable

    愛惜

    missing someone

    骨を惜しむ

    to spare oneself (the trouble)

    骨惜しみ

    sparing oneself

    貸し惜しみ

    Lyonia ovalifolia (species of plant in the Ericaceae family)

    惜しみない

    generous

    惜しげ

    reluctance

    惜しげなく

    freely

    惜しむべき

    lamentable

    惜しくも

    to one's regret

    惜しげもなく

    freely

    惜しがる

    to appear to regret something

    惜しむらくは

    it is to be regretted that ...

    悼惜

    mourning

    哀惜

    grief

    哀悼痛惜

    condolence

    負け惜しみ

    being a poor loser

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 丿
    • 十
    • 廾
    • 忄
    • 心
    • 日

    is_used_in

    • 哀惜
    • 愛惜
    • 一文惜しみ
    • 骨惜しみ
    • 出し惜しみ
    • 出し惜しむ
    • 体を惜しむ
    • 惜しい
    • 惜しむ
    • 惜敗
    • 負け惜しみ
    • 名残惜しい
    • 可惜
    • 惜別
    • 痛惜
    • 惜しげ
    • 惜春
    • 物惜しみ
    • 残り惜しい
    • 売り惜しむ
    • 惜しげなく
    • 惜しみ無く
    • 惜しむべき
    • 時間を惜しむ
    • 別れを惜しむ
    • 惜しくも
    • 惜しげもなく
    • 哀悼痛惜
    • 可惜身命
    • 不惜身命
    • 惜しがる
    • 惜敗率
    • 惜しむらくは
    • 労を惜しまず
    • 骨を惜しむ
    • 命を惜しむ
    • 春惜しむ
    • 寝る間も惜しんで
    • ふぐは食いたし命は惜しし
    • 命が惜しければ
    • 貸し惜しみ
    • 売り惜しみ
    • 悼惜
    • 惜しみない
    • 口惜しい
    • 骨身を惜しまず
    • 骨身を惜しまない

    Similar concepts

    • 措
    • 曹
    • 悼
    • 憤
    • 恂
    • 悍
    • 悸
    • 悴
    • 愃
    • 悽
    • 惶
    • 惺
    • 愎
    • 悌
    • 惟
    • 悖
    • 悵
    • 怕

    Variants

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