Word Meaning 忙しい

いそがしい isogashii

忙しい is read as いそがしい (isogashii) and means busy.

Meaning

English

  1. busy
  2. occupied
  3. hectic
  4. restless
  5. hurried
  6. fidgety

Reading

Kana

いそがしい

Romaji

isogashii

Writing Variants

  • 忙がしい いそがしい isogashii

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Antonyms ,暇な Related Words 時間がない,担任 Rank 7179 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

忙殺

ぼうさつ

being extremely busy

多忙

たぼう

being very busy

繁忙

はんぼう

pressure of business

Example Sentences

10

きょうはあさからいそがしい。

I have been busy since this morning.

いそがしいので、あとででんわします。

I'm busy, so I'll call later.

かれはいそがしいふりをしていた。

He was pretending to be busy.

いそがしいときほどからだにきをつけてください。

Please take care of yourself, especially when you're busy.

いそがしいまいにちがしばらくつづきそうだ。

It looks like these busy days will continue for a while.

Are you still busy?

Are you busy this week?

Are you busy, Tom?

I'm a little busy.

I'm busy.