思しい

Japanese
Kanji in this term
思
おぼ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
覚しい (rare)

Etymology

/omoposi/ → */omobosi/ → */oɴbosi/ → /obosi/ → /obosiː/

Shift from Old Japanese おもほし (omo2posi, “hoped for, desirable”), adjective derived from おもふ (omo2pu, “to think about, to imagine, to have in mind”).[1][2][3] See also partial synonym and cognate 思わしい (omowashii).

First attested in the 竹取物語 (Taketori Monogatari, “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter”) of the late 800s, early 900s.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おぼし​い [òbóshíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])[3]
  • IPA(key): [o̞bo̞ɕiː]

Adjective

思(おぼ)しい • (oboshii) -i (adverbial 思(おぼ)しく (oboshiku))

  1. [from circa 900] (literary) apparent, thought to be, seeming to be
    六十代(ろくじゅうだい)と思(おぼ)しい人(ひと)
    rokujūdai to oboshii hito
    a person apparently in their sixties
  2. [from 974] (literary) wanted, desired, hoped for
    極(きわ)めて思(おぼ)しい事(こと)
    kiwamete oboshii koto
    a thing fervently desired

Inflection
Inflection of 思しい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 思しかろ おぼしかろ oboshikaro
Continuative (連用形) 思しく おぼしく oboshiku
Terminal (終止形) 思しい おぼしい oboshii
Attributive (連体形) 思しい おぼしい oboshii
Hypothetical (仮定形) 思しけれ おぼしけれ oboshikere
Imperative (命令形) 思しかれ おぼしかれ oboshikare
Key constructions
Informal negative 思しくない おぼしくない oboshiku nai
Informal past 思しかった おぼしかった oboshikatta
Informal negative past 思しくなかった おぼしくなかった oboshiku nakatta
Formal 思しいです おぼしいです oboshii desu
Formal negative 思しくないです おぼしくないです oboshiku nai desu
Formal past 思しかったです おぼしかったです oboshikatta desu
Formal negative past 思しくなかったです おぼしくなかったです oboshiku nakatta desu
Conjunctive 思しくて おぼしくて oboshikute
Conditional 思しければ おぼしければ oboshikereba
Provisional 思しかったら おぼしかったら oboshikattara
Volitional 思しかろう おぼしかろう oboshikarō
Adverbial 思しく おぼしく oboshiku
Degree 思しさ おぼしさ oboshisa

See also

References
  1. “思・覚”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “思しい”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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