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さみしい

寂しい

N4

lonely

samishii

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JLPT
N4
Frequency
#5,287

Meanings

  1. 1
    lonely; lonesome; solitaryい-adjective

JMdict 1579720

Conjugation

FormConjugatedReading
Polite Present (~desu)
寂しいですさみしいです
さみしいです
Polite Past (~katta desu)
寂しかったですさみしかったです
さみしかったです
Polite Negative (~kunai desu)
寂しくないですさみしくないです
さみしくないです
Plain Negative (~kunai)
寂しくないさみしくない
さみしくない
Te-form (Connecting)
寂しくてさみしくて
さみしくて
Adverbial (~ku)
寂しくさみしく
さみしく

In a sentence

寂(さみ)しいlonelyの?

Are you lonely?

How it works

This is the plain i-adjective 寂しい(さみしい) (lonely) standing on its own — no copula needed, since i-adjectives carry their own "is." The sentence-final の (right?) softens it into a gentle, caring question: not a blunt "are you lonely?" but a warm "feeling lonely?"

Written with

  • 寂loneliness11 strokes

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