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Meaning of 愛おしい(いとおしい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 愛おしい

Kana Reading いとおしい

Romaji itōshii

Parts of speech

adjective (keiyoushi)

Meaning

lovely; sweet; precious; adorable

Example sentence

なんでも自分で手がけると、いとおしくなるものです。 Whatever it is, you become fonder of it if you work on it yourself.

Examples of 愛おしい, いとおしい in a sentence

なんでも自分で手がけると、いとおしくなるものです。

Whatever it is, you become fonder of it if you work on it yourself.

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Kanji in this word

愛 JLPT 3

13 strokes

love, affection, favourite

On'Yomi: アイ

Kun'Yomi: いと.しい, かな.しい, め.でる, お.しむ, まな

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