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29 word matches found for '惜' using reading 'お'
2
1. regrettable; disappointing
2. precious; dear; valuable
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0
expression, noun
poor loser; make excuses; unwilling to admit defeat; sour grapes
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without sparing (effort, funds, etc.)
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4
Most common form: 惜しみなく
without stint; freely
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3 0
Most common form: 惜し気
regret; frugality  (see also: 惜し気もなく)
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1
noun
to one's regret (chagrin); regrettably
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noun
Lyonia ovalifolia (species of plant in the Ericaceae family)  (see also: 捩木; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 惜し気なく
generously; unsparingly; lavishly
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Most common form: 惜し気もなく
expression, adverb
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly  (see also: 惜し気)
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0
unwilling
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expression, 'mu' godan verb
to be lazy  (idiomatic expression)
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expression, 'mu' godan verb
to value time
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expression
lamentable; regrettable
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4 0
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
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5
regrettable; reluctant
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expression, 'mu' godan verb
to loathe to part with
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4
expression, adverb
I regret that; It's unfortunate but; It's too bad that
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expression, 'mu' godan verb
to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die
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expression, 'mu' godan verb
to lament the end of spring
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4
to hold back on or restrict sales of; to be reluctant to sell
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3 0
sparing oneself; laziness
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0
expression, 'mu' godan verb
to spare oneself the trouble; to spare oneself  (see also: 骨惜しみ; opposite: 骨を折る)
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3
to appear to regret something
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expression, adverb
without sparing time for sleep
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expression
sparing no trouble; taking pains (to); take the trouble (to)
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expression
if you value your life
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3
stinginess
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expression
honey is sweet, but the bee stings; I would like to taste fugu, but I value my life; hesitating from doing something because of fear of consequences  (see also: フグ; proverb)
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2
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to be frugal; to be sparing
2. to value; to hold dear
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