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    3. 名残惜しい

    名残惜しい

    名な残ごり惜おし​い​

    reluctant (to part)

    KMT7CoreAdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab30 strokes

    名残り惜しい

    なごりおしい

    Adjective

    1.
    reluctant (to part)

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    楽たのしい時じ間かんは名な残ごり惜おしい。

    Fun times are reluctant to part with. (It's sad to see fun times end.)

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    友ゆう人じんとの別わかれはいつも名な残ごり惜おしい。

    Parting with friends is always sad (reluctant to part).

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    長なが年ねん住すんだ家いえを引ひっ越こすのは、やはり名な残ごり惜おしい気き持もちになる。

    Moving out of a house I've lived in for many years still makes me feel reluctant to leave.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyHome & Housing
    素す晴ばらしい旅たびの終おわりは、いつも名な残ごり惜おしいものだ。

    The end of a wonderful trip is always bittersweet (reluctant to part).

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyTravel & Transportation
    故こ郷きょうを離はなれるのは名な残ごり惜おしいが、新あたらしい生せい活かつへの期き待たいもある。

    It's sad to leave my hometown, but I also have expectations for a new life.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    名
    な・-な…(3)
    name・noted・distinguished・reputation
    Kanji
    残
    のこ.る・のこ.す・そこな.う・のこ.り…(2)
    remainder・leftover・balance
    Kanji
    惜
    お.しい・お.しむ…(1)
    pity・be sparing of・frugal・stingy・regret
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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