Lingaku忙しい【いそがしい】
Frequency rank: 1,305. – 1,306.
- busy; occupied; hectic
- restless; hurried; fidgety
adjective (keiyoushi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- busy; occupied; hectic
- restless; hurried; fidgety
This meaning refers to being engaged in multiple tasks or activities, often leading to a lack of available time. It describes a state where one is actively involved in work or responsibilities.
I was so busy today that I didn't have time to eat lunch.
This meaning conveys a sense of unease or agitation that can occur when someone is unable to be still or calm due to nervousness or impatience.
Generated collocations (experimental)
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
- じかんてき時間的なよゆう余裕がない．.た他のことにてをだす手を出すよゆう余裕がない．.せわしい．.しごと仕事がおおい多い．.
- ごぞんじ御存じのとおり通り、こうせいかかり校正係というものは、ちいさな小さなしょてん書店ではごくのんびりしたとき時があったり、ひどくいそがしい忙しいとき時があったりするものでして、しごと仕事がたてこんでくるとき時には、やぶん夜分までいのこっていて居残っていてもまにあわ間に合わず、いく幾だい台ものこうせいすり校正刷をじたく自宅にもちかえって持ち帰ってめをとおす目を通すことさえあります．.きごう（としま豊島よしお与志雄きごう『つばき椿のはな花のあか赤きごう』きごう）
- せいかく性格などがせかせかしている．.きぜわしい気忙しい．.せわしない．.
Example sentences
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Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Being too busy with work is a problem, but then so is having too much free time.
There's someone I'm in (unrequited) love with, but that person is busy now and I don't get replies to my emails.
I'm engaged tomorrow, so I've arranged for someone else to take my place.
Why don't you go fishing with us this weekend if you aren't busy?