いつくしい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of いつくしい – see the following entry.

【厳しい】 [adjective] [from 759] (rare, archaic) wondrous, miraculous, splendid, sublime [adjective] [from early 1000s] (rare, archaic) dignified, solemn, stern, noble, refined [adjective] [from 1420] (rare, archaic) beautiful, pretty Alternative spellings 美しい, 慈しい

(This term, いつくしい, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)