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惜しい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
惜しい
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Reading : おしい   
1. regrettable; disappointing
2. precious; dear; valuable
3. too good for; deserving better
4. almost but not quite
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 89,404 which gives a rank of 8,121
惜しい is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 48,000 (about 9,940,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4013 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 39 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
あなたほど
さいのう
才能
ぬし
せけん
世間
られず
いる
しい
ことです
It is a pity that a man of your ability should remain unknown to the world.
これ
うしな
あまりに
しい
きかい
機会

This is too good a chance to miss.
ふぐ
河豚
いたし
いのち
しし
kotowaza
There is no rose without a thorn.
おしい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 58,000 (about 7,050,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 39 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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セキ   おしい regrettable, precious, wasteful   おしむ to regret, value; to be frugal   
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セキ   シャク   ancient; old   むかし ancient   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
キョウ   とも together   
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