愛しい (いとしい) — dear, beloved, lovely
愛しい
dear
Frequency #9534
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 4
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
3 characters
i-adjective
Part of speech (JMdict: adj-i)
itoshii
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
いとしい[3] nakadaka 中高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- dear
- beloved
- lovely