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    3. 愛しい

    愛しい

    愛いとし​い​

    lovely

    KMT7News #14+1CoreAdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab16 strokes

    いとしい

    Adjective

    1.
    lovely, dear, beloved, darling, dearest
    2.
    pitiable, pitiful

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    私わたしには愛いとしい猫ねこがいます。

    I have a beloved cat.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyAnimals
    遠とおく離はなれていても、愛いとしい家か族ぞくをいつも思おもっています。

    Even when far away, I always think of my dear family.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    彼かれの愛いとしい境きょう遇ぐうに、誰だれもが同どう情じょうせずにはいられなかった。

    Everyone couldn't help but sympathize with his pitiable circumstances.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    愛いとしい我わが子このためなら、どんな苦く労ろうもいとわない。

    For my beloved child, I wouldn't hesitate to endure any hardship.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょの愛いとしい笑え顔がおは、どんな困こん難なんも乗のり越こえる力ちからを私わたしに与あたえてくれる。

    Her beloved smile gives me the strength to overcome any difficulty.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    愛
    いと.しい・かな.しい・め.でる・お.しむ・まな…(10)
    love・affection・favourite
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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