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”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 3
名残惜しいですがもう 帰る 時間です
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.