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忙しい (いそがしい, isogashii) Japanese meaning: busy | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N5 › Freq. Frequency Top 2,000 Conjugation 忙しい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 忙いそが しい 忙いそが しくない Polite 忙いそが しいです 忙いそが しくないです also 忙いそが しくありません Past polite 忙いそが しかったです 忙いそが しくなかったです also 忙いそが しくありませんでした Past 忙いそが しかった 忙いそが しくなかった Te-form 忙いそが しくて 忙いそが しくなくて Adverbial 忙いそが しく Conditional 忙いそが しければ 忙いそが しくなければ Tara conditional 忙いそが しかったら 忙いそが しくなかったら
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I'm busy with work today.
Every shop gets busy at the end of the year.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 で 忙いそが しい to be busy with something
忙いそが しくする to keep oneself busy; to be kept busy
I've been keeping busy every day.
目め が 回まわ るほど 忙いそが しい so busy that one's head is spinning
This week I'm so busy my head is spinning.
忙いそが しい 〈 時とき 〉 a busy time or period
The end of the year is the busiest time.
忙いそが しい 中なか 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something despite being busy
Despite being busy, he made time for me.
忙いそが しく 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something in a hurried, restless manner
The child is moving around restlessly.
Kanji 忙 busy, occupied, restless Related words· 10 多忙 is a formal noun/na-adjective meaning 'very busy', often used in writing or business contexts, while 忙しい is the everyday i-adjective.
せわしい emphasizes a restless, hurried atmosphere rather than simply having a lot to do, unlike the more neutral 忙しい.
慌ただしい describes a hectic, flustered atmosphere or situation, while 忙しい simply means one has many things to do.
忙しい simply means 'busy' in general, while 手が離せない specifically implies being in the middle of a task and unable to stop.
Show 6 more 忙しい directly describes a busy state or person, while 暇がない specifically emphasizes the lack of free time as a reason or excuse.
忙しい is a general adjective meaning 'busy' in any sense, while 手が塞がる specifically describes being unable to act because one's hands/attention are tied up with something at that moment.
忙しい is the plain, everyday adjective for 'busy,' while 猫の手も借りたい is a vivid idiom stressing that the busyness is so extreme any help would be welcome.
Opposites 暇 means having free time and nothing to do, the direct opposite of being 忙しい.
忙しい means 'busy', contrasting with 直's sense of doing nothing or being idle.
忙しい describes being busy with no spare time, the opposite state from having いとま (free time).
Written forms 忙いそが しい Usage 96%
Standard common kanji spelling.
いそがしい Usage 4%
Kana spelling is easy to understand and may appear in casual, learner-facing, or child-oriented writing, though the kanji form is standard.
忙いそ がしい Usage <1%
search-only kanji form
It is a search-only kanji form; use 忙しい in normal writing.
Etymology The historical derivation is not specified. The kanji 忙 is conventionally associated with busyness, but this is a spelling explanation rather than a claimed historical origin.
多た 用よう
忙しい is the everyday i-adjective for being busy, while 多用 is a stiffer, more formal noun/na-adjective used in polite correspondence.
忙しい describes a person or period as busy in general, while 立て込む focuses on tasks, appointments, or customers accumulating at once.
忙しい is the plain adjective for being busy, whereas 取り込む (intransitive) suggests a hectic, disordered kind of busyness caused by unexpected trouble.
