労しい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
いたわ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
勞しい (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Cognate with (いたわ) (itawaru).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) たわし [ìtáwáshíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ita̠β̞a̠ɕiː]

Adjective

(いたわ)しい • (itawashiiいたはしい (itafasii)?-i (adverbial (いたわ)しく (itawashiku))

  1. pitiful

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN