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jmdict 1382280 Active (id: 1973578)
惜しい [ichi1,news2,nf39]
おしい [ichi1,news2,nf39]
1. [adj-i]
▶ regrettable
▶ disappointing
▶ unfortunate
2. [adj-i]
▶ precious
▶ dear
▶ valuable
3. [adj-i]
▶ too good for
▶ deserving better
4. [adj-i]
▶ almost (but not quite)
▶ close (but no cigar)

Conjugations


History:
2. A 2018-02-27 06:25:03  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I'd prefer it at the end, as it has no sentence matches and keeps the order intact.
  Diff:
@@ -24,5 +23,0 @@
-<gloss>almost (but not quite)</gloss>
-<gloss>close (but no cigar)</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
@@ -37,0 +33,5 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
+<gloss>almost (but not quite)</gloss>
+<gloss>close (but no cigar)</gloss>
+</sense>
1. A* 2018-02-16 05:13:55  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr gg5
  Comments:
both daijr and gg5 keep "almost (but not quite)" and 
"regrettable" in the same sense. I think keeping them apart 
might be more helpful though, but I'm not sure.
  Diff:
@@ -19,0 +20,6 @@
+<gloss>unfortunate</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
+<gloss>almost (but not quite)</gloss>
+<gloss>close (but no cigar)</gloss>
@@ -32,4 +37,0 @@
-<sense>
-<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
-<gloss>almost but not quite</gloss>
-</sense>

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