惜しむ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [òshíꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ɕimɯ̟ᵝ]
  • 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 [òshíꜜmù]
Imperative (命令形) 惜しめ [òshíꜜmè]
Key constructions
Passive 惜しまれる しまれ [òshímáréꜜrù]
Causative 惜しませる しませ [òshímáséꜜrù]
Potential 惜しめる しめ [òshíméꜜrù]
Volitional 惜しもう しも [òshímóꜜò]
Negative 惜しまない しまない [òshímáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 惜しまなかった しまなかった [òshímáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 惜しみます しみま [òshímímáꜜsù]
Perfective 惜しんだ んだ [òshíꜜǹdà]
Conjunctive 惜しんで んで [òshíꜜǹdè]
Hypothetical conditional 惜しめば めば [òshíꜜmèbà]

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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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