等しい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

  • 均しい
  • 斉しい

Adjective

等しい (-i inflection, hiragana ひとしい, rōmaji hitoshii)

  1. equal
  2. no different, virtually same, as good as
    • 1947, Kitaōji Rosanjin, お米の話:
      それでは (りょう) () (にん)としての資格 (しかく)はゼロに (ひと)しいといわれても、 (かれ)らは (いっ) (こう)頓着 (とんちゃく)しない。
      Sore de wa ryōrinin toshite no shikaku wa zero ni hitoshii to iwarete mo, karera wa ikkō ni tonchaku shinai.
      So even though people say their qualifications as chefs are practically nil, it doesn't concern them at all.

Inflection

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