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思わしい (おもわしい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
i-adjective
satisfactory ; desirable ; good
Almost always used in negative sentences (思わしくない) to mean something is not going well, not up to standard, or not as hoped. Rarely appears in affirmative statements.
結けっ
果か
は
思おも
わしく
なかっ
た
。
The exam results were not satisfactory.
2
i-adjective
seeming ; appearing
Used in the pattern ...と思わしい to mean 'seems to be ...' or 'looks like ...'. This usage is literary and uncommon in modern conversation.
Written forms 思おも わしい Usage 95%
Standard kanji spelling; the only written form given.
おもわしい Usage 5%
Similar words 好この ましい 好ましい means 'desirable' or 'pleasing' in a positive sense and is used in affirmative sentences, while 思わしい is almost always negative.
思おも う 思う is the base verb 'to think', while 思わしい is an adjective derived from it, now used mainly in fixed negative expressions.
Etymology Derived from the verb 思う (to think) with the archaic adjective-forming suffix ～わしい, which expresses a state or tendency. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the word has become fossilized in negative contexts.
