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名残惜しい[なごりおしい] (nagorioshii)

be sad to leave; be sorry to part

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Meaning

名残惜しい (なごりおしい, nagorioshii) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “be sad to leave; be sorry to part”.

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Example sentences 3

名残惜なごりおしいですがもう帰かえる時間じかんです

Although I am reluctant to go, it is time to leave now.

あなたはそこを離れるのは名残惜しいですか?

Is parting from there really sad for you?

そしてとても熱心に耳を傾けていたので、でかい頭二つがひざから消えたときにも、ちっとも名残惜しいなんて思いませんでした。

and she listened so eagerly that, when the two great heads vanished from her lap, she hardly missed them.

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