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おしい

惜しい

oshii

common

English

regrettable, so close

नेपाली

अफसोसलाग्दो / छेउमै चुकेको

Examples

  1. 一点差いってんさで負まけて、惜おしかったです。

    We lost by one point. So close!

  2. あと少すこしで合格ごうかくだっただけに、惜おしくてなりません。

    I was so close to passing, which makes it all the more frustrating.

  3. 惜おしくも受賞じゅしょうは逃のがしたものの、高たかい評価ひょうかをいただきました。

    Although we narrowly missed out on the award, our work was highly praised.

How to write it

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惜 11 strokes

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