Word details

愛しい

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 愛しい.

Dictionary

Entry

愛しいとし~い Adj.Freq #4903
1

lovely; dear; beloved; darling; dearest

Examples
少女は人形をいとしげに抱き締めた。
The girl squeezed her doll affectionately.
2

pitiable; pitiful

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

love, affection, favourite

13 strokesFrequency 640JLPT N2Grade 4

On

アイ

Kun

いと.しいかな.しいめ.でるお.しむまな

Nanori

あしかななるめぐめぐみよしちか

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