しい (Emotive Adjective Ending) Japanese Grammar Lesson
Grammar Type: Special Adjective Ending
Essential Meaning: Indicates a non-measurable human emotion or perceptual state
Construction:
- い-Adjectives that end with しい
- E.g. 悲しい [Sad]
Notes:
- い-Adjectives that contain the しい ending generally describe unmeasurable and unquantifiable qualities such as human emotions.
- E.g. 悲しい [Sad]
- E.g. 楽しい [Fun]
- On the other hand, い-Adjectives that do not end with しい tend to describe objectively measurable qualities that do not depend on the speaker’s judgement.
- E.g. 赤い [Red]
- E.g. 低い [Low]
- E.g. 若い [Young]
- Below is a list of some common しい adjectives:
- E.g. くやしい [Regrettable]
- E.g. おそろしい [Scary]
- E.g. 厳しい [Strict]
- E.g. 難しい [Difficult]
- E.g. らしい [Seemingly]
- E.g. うらやましい [Envious]
- E.g. 恋しい [Dear]
- E.g. おいしい [Delicious]
- E.g. さびしい [Lonely]
- E.g. うれしい [Glad]
- E.g. 苦しい [Painful]
- E.g. 惜しい [Regrettable]
- E.g. 親しい [Intimate]
- E.g. たのもしい [Dependable]
- E.g. ねたましい [Enviable]
- E.g. 涼しい [Cool]
WILD Examples:
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