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Meowbrown

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愛しい

I came across this one also from isekai office worker’s ED lyrics.

独りじゃない戸惑いを愛しく思う
I cherish this confusion of not being alone

Decided to put this down since saw this word listed under 好き in the vocabulary book I got recently.

意味

可愛くて仕方ない。そばにいたいと思う。「愛おしい」とも。

例文

我が家の猫は素っ気ない。だからこそ、甘えてくる瞬間が愛しい。

練習

娘が「ママ」と呼ぶ時、愛しいです。

私に is usually omitted.

Reference

溜まりに溜まった

This is from the lyrics from isekai office worker

溜まりに溜まった生活は
heavily accumulated, piled up and up

Verb ます stem + に + Same Verb

Repeating the same verb creates the emphasis. Not really used in speech, it is more poetic, so that’s why I saw it used in the lyrics.

  • 溜まりに溜まった: piled up and up
  • 待ちに待った: waited and waited
  • 泣きに泣け: telling someone to cry your heart out (cry and cry!)
  • 泣きに泣けない: want to cry but unable to (beyond tears)
  • 勝ちに勝った: won game after game (overwhelming winning streak)

Reference