思しい
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 思 |
| おぼ Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 覚しい (rare) |
Etymology[edit]
/omoposi/ → */omobosi/ → */oɴbosi/ → /obosi/ → /obosiː/
Shift from Old Japanese おもほし (omo2posi, “hoped for, desirable”), adjective derived from おもふ (omo2pu, “to think about, to imagine, to have in mind”).[1][2][3] See also partial synonym and cognate 思わしい (omowashii).
First attested in the 竹取物語 (Taketori Monogatari, “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter”) of the late 800s, early 900s.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
思しい • (oboshii) -i (adverbial 思しく (oboshiku))
- [from circa 900] (literary) apparent, thought to be, seeming to be
- 六十代と思しい人
- rokujūdai to oboshii hito
- a person apparently in their sixties
- 六十代と思しい人
- [from 974] (literary) wanted, desired, hoped for
- 極めて思しい事
- kiwamete oboshii koto
- a thing fervently desired
- 極めて思しい事
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of 思しい
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 思しかろ | おぼしかろ | oboshikaro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 思しく | おぼしく | oboshiku |
| Terminal (終止形) | 思しい | おぼしい | oboshii |
| Attributive (連体形) | 思しい | おぼしい | oboshii |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 思しけれ | おぼしけれ | oboshikere |
| Imperative (命令形) | 思しかれ | おぼしかれ | oboshikare |
| Key constructions | |||
| Informal negative | 思しくない | おぼしくない | oboshiku nai |
| Informal past | 思しかった | おぼしかった | oboshikatta |
| Informal negative past | 思しくなかった | おぼしくなかった | oboshiku nakatta |
| Formal | 思しいです | おぼしいです | oboshii desu |
| Formal negative | 思しくないです | おぼしくないです | oboshiku nai desu |
| Formal past | 思しかったです | おぼしかったです | oboshikatta desu |
| Formal negative past | 思しくなかったです | おぼしくなかったです | oboshiku nakatta desu |
| Conjunctive | 思しくて | おぼしくて | oboshikute |
| Conditional | 思しければ | おぼしければ | oboshikereba |
| Provisional | 思しかったら | おぼしかったら | oboshikattara |
| Volitional | 思しかろう | おぼしかろう | oboshikarō |
| Adverbial | 思しく | おぼしく | oboshiku |
| Degree | 思しさ | おぼしさ | oboshisa |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “思・覚”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ “思しい”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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