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好ましい

好ましい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
この
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Adjective

好ましい (-i inflection, hiragana このましい, romaji konomashii)

  1. nice, likeable
  2. preferable, desired
  3. (archaic) lewd, lascivious, lustful, lecherous

Inflection

Related terms

  •  (この)もしい (konomoshii): nice, likeable; preferable, desired; enviable, envied, wanted

Antonyms

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3