JLPT N2 · い-adjective

恋しい (koishii)

恋しい (こいしい, koishii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “yearned for; longed for”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: こいしい
Romaji: koishii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

yearned for; longed for; missed · い-adjective

Example sentences

あなたはアメリカで日本料理が恋しくなるでしょう。

You will miss Japanese food in the United States.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 恋しい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	恋しい	こいしい koishii
Negative	恋しくない	こいしくない koishikunai
Past	恋しかった	こいしかった koishikatta
Negative past	恋しくなかった	こいしくなかった koishikunakatta
Te-form	恋しくて	こいしくて koishikute
Adverb (~ku)	恋しく	こいしく koishiku
Conditional (~ba)	恋しければ	こいしければ koishikereba

Kanji in 恋しい

恋

romance, in love, yearn forレン・こ.う・こい · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 恋しい.

恋こい(romantic) love恋人こいびとlover失恋しつれんdisappointed love恋愛れんあいlove

Source: JMdict entry 1558760 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.