惜しむ – Vocabulary details

惜おしむ

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, む, transitive)

1. to be frugal; to be sparing

2. to value; to hold dear

3. to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)

4. to be unwilling; to be reluctant

Alt. forms

Kanji used

惜

reluctant (to part with)

Pitch accent

お

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む

Conjugations...Used in: 2116

Used in vocabulary (10 in total)

別わかれを惜おしむ

to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)

惜おしむらくは

it is to be regretted that ...; it is a pity that ...; it is unfortunately that ...

命いのちを惜おしむ

to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die

出だし惜おしむ

to grudge; to begrudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay

時じ間かんを惜おしむ

to value time

惜おしむべき

lamentable; regrettable

売うり惜おしむ

to hold back on; to restrict sales of; to be reluctant to sell

体からだを惜おしむ

to be lazy

骨ほねを惜おしむ

to spare oneself (the trouble)

春はる惜おしむ

to lament the end of spring

Examples (1 in total)

彼かれは努ど力りょくを惜おしまなかった。