おしい

so close, what a shame

→ 惜しい

おし regrettable; what a shame + い adjective-forming; having the quality of

adjective Rare #41,295

so close, what a shame Often exclaimed when someone nearly succeeds or narrowly misses.

JA: おしい、あと少しだったね。

EN: So close—you almost had it.

Forms of 惜しい

惜しいおしい

No, so close!

— かぐや姫の物語 (2013)

So close!

— One Cut of the Dead (2017)

So close.

So close…

— かぐや姫の物語 (2013)