寂しい (さびしい, sabishii) Japanese meaning: lonely | KotomoraCommon word›JLPTN5›Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000寂しい · i-adjective
| Form | Positive | Negative |
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| Dictionary | 寂しい | 寂しくない |
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| Polite | 寂しいです | 寂しくないですalso 寂しくありません |
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| Past polite | 寂しかったです | 寂しくなかったですalso 寂しくありませんでした |
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| Past | 寂しかった | 寂しくなかった |
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| Te-form | 寂しくて | 寂しくなくて |
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| Adverbial | 寂しく | |
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| Conditional | 寂しければ | 寂しくなければ |
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| Tara conditional | 寂しかったら | 寂しくなかったら |
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寂
しい
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I feel lonely because my friend moved away.
The winter beach is a desolate scene.
Usage patterns
〈人〉がいなくて寂しいto feel lonely because someone is not around
I feel lonely without my girlfriend around.
〈場所〉が寂しいa place feels lonely/desolate
This road feels desolate at night.
寂しい思いをするto have a lonely experience; to feel lonely
As a child, I sometimes had lonely experiences.
一人で寂しいto be lonely being alone
I decided to get a cat because I felt lonely living alone.
Expressions
口が寂しいcraving something to eat or put in one's mouth
person who gets lonely easily; person who craves company
Usage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
さびしいUsage12%
Kana spelling; often used in informal writing or when the kanji is not needed.
さみしいUsage7%
Colloquial variant reading; common in spoken Japanese and informal writing.
