also: いたきもちよい
痛気持ちいい · i-adjective (yoi/ii class)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 痛気持ちいい | 痛気持ちよくない |
| Polite | 痛気持ちいいです | 痛気持ちよくないですalso 痛気持ちよくありません |
| Past polite | 痛気持ちよかったです | 痛気持ちよくなかったですalso 痛気持ちよくありませんでした |
| Past | 痛気持ちよかった | 痛気持ちよくなかった |
| Te-form | 痛気持ちよくて | 痛気持ちよくなくて |
| Adverbial | 痛気持ちよく | |
| Conditional | 痛気持ちよければ | 痛気持ちよくなければ |
| Tara conditional | 痛気持ちよかったら | 痛気持ちよくなかったら |
painful but pleasant
Describes a sensation that is slightly painful yet feels good, often used for massages, stretching, or acupressure.
This massage is painful but pleasant.
I stretch to the point where it's painfully pleasant.
Simply 'feels good', without the painful element.
Plain 'painful', without the pleasant nuance.
Standard kanji spelling for the reading いたきもちいい.
Alternate spelling using 良い for よい; reading いたきもちよい is restricted to this form.
Compound of 痛い (itai, 'painful') and 気持ちいい (kimochi ii, 'feels good'). The exact derivation is uncertain, but it likely arose as a casual expression to describe the mixed sensation of pain and pleasure.