恋しい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こい
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
戀しい (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いし [kòíshíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞iɕii]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "恋しい"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 恋しく しく
いし
[kòíꜜshìkù]
[kòíshíꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 恋しい いし [kòíshíꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 恋しい いし [kòíshíꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 恋しくない しくない
いしくない
[kòíꜜshìkùnàì]
[kòíshíꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 恋しかった しかった
いしかった
[kòíꜜshìkàttà]
[kòíshíꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 恋しくなかった しくなかった
いしくなかった
[kòíꜜshìkùnàkàttà]
[kòíshíꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 恋しいです いしいです [kòíshíꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 恋しくて しくて
いしくて
[kòíꜜshìkùtè]
[kòíshíꜜkùtè]
Conditional 恋しければ しければ
いしければ
[kòíꜜshìkèrèbà]
[kòíshíꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

(こい)しい • (koishii) こひしい (kofisii)?-i (adverbial (こい)しく (koishiku))

  1. longed for, missed, felt homesick for

Usage notes

  • This expression can only be used when missing an experience, e.g. culture, environment, taste of a food, et cetera. If a person is missed, the desiderative form of 会う (au, to meet) is used instead.

Inflection

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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