可惜し
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 可 | 惜 |
| あたら | |
| Grade: 5 | Grade: S |
| jukujikun | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 惜し |
Etymology
From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *atarasi. Cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *atarasi (whence Okinawan 可惜しゃん (atarashan) and Yonaguni 新さん (atarasan, “new”)).
Adjective
可惜し • (atarashi) †-shiku
- (archaic) regrettable; regretful
- (archaic) unfortunate
- (archaic) tragic
- (archaic) precious; valuable
Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "可惜し" (シク活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 可惜しく[1] 可惜しから[2] | あたらしく あたらしから | atarasiku atarasikara | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 可惜しく[1] 可惜しかり[2] | あたらしく あたらしかり | atarasiku atarasikari | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 可惜し | あたらし | atarasi | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 可惜しき 可惜しかる | あたらしき あたらしかる | atarasiki atarasikaru | |
| Realis (已然形) | 可惜しけれ | あたらしけれ | atarasikere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 可惜しかれ | あたらしかれ | atarasikare | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Negative | 可惜しからず | あたらしからず | atarasikarazu | |
| Contrasting conjunction | 可惜しけれど | あたらしけれど | atarasikeredo | |
| Causal conjunction | 可惜しければ | あたらしければ | atarasikereba | |
| Conditional conjunction | 可惜しくば | あたらしくば | atarasikuba | |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 可惜しかりき | あたらしかりき | atarasikariki | |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 可惜しかりけり | あたらしかりけり | atarasikarikeri | |
| Adverbial | 可惜しく | あたらしく | atarasiku | |
| [1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb. | ||||
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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