# 惜 close but no cigar

(leftheart) + 昔 (long ago) Same-ON
★★☆☆☆
11 strokes
SOLO

## Onyomi

SEKI |

## Mnemonic

| Long ago, I lost my heart in a tragic affair. I came so close to getting the SEXY woman of my dreams, which makes it all the more regrettable.

## Kunyomi

お*しい | close! Not as in, "Godzilla is close to Ultraman's size". Close, as in you throw a ball to a little kid and he drops it and you are like 'That was close! Almost!' 1/2 KANA ★★☆☆☆
お＊しむ | to regret something, to have a little grudge about it. ★☆☆☆☆

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
怪 | suspicious | TAKE A DUMP |
惜 | close but no cigar | HELLBUNNY |

I'm suspicious that your mom was the one who TOOK A DUMP on the lawn.

I tried to catch the HELLBUNNY but no cigar!!

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
憎 | detest | HORNY |
惜 | close but no cigar | HELLBUNNY |

When you get HORNY, you detest the BUNNIES that tell you close but no cigar! You got dissed, player!