Illustration: At an umbrella repairer's street stall, a customer holds a badly torn paper umbrella in one hand and hesitates over paying with the other. A coin is pinched tightly between fingers just above the repairer's waiting palm, but the customer's wrist is drawn back toward a visibly full coin pouch.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

惜おしむ

oshimu

to spare, to begrudge

Example sentences

彼かれは努力どりょくを惜おしまなかった。
He spared no efforts.
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社長しゃちょうは我々われわれの給料きゅうりょうを少すこしあげることすら惜おしんだ。
Our boss begrudged us even a small raise in pay.
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彼かれは金かねを惜おしみなく使つかう。
He is lavish with his money.
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Kanji in 惜

惜pity; be sparing ofOnセキKunおしい・おしむ

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