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物思わしい (ものおもわしい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
i-adjective
pensive ; meditative ; wistful
Describes a mood of quiet, often melancholic thoughtfulness. Conveys a sense of being lost in one's thoughts, sometimes with a hint of sadness or longing.
秋あき の 夕ゆう 暮ぐ れ は どこ か 物もの 思おも わしい 雰ふん 囲い 気き が ある 。
Autumn evenings have a somewhat wistful atmosphere.
Similar words 物もの 思おも い 物思い is a noun meaning 'deep thought' or 'reverie', while 物思わしい is the adjective form describing the state or mood of being in such thought.
考かんが え 深ぶか い 考え深い means 'thoughtful' in a more intellectual, deliberate sense, whereas 物思わしい carries a more emotional, wistful nuance.
Etymology Compound of 物 (mono, 'thing') + 思わしい (omowashii, 'seeming to think'), from 思う (omou, 'to think'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used in classical Japanese literature to express a pensive or melancholic state.
