Talk:Yamatonokami Yasusada/@comment-61.154.0.173-20151228080819/@comment-26210494-20161201095115

This is an old comment, but the meaning of mezurashii has changed over time. It originally meant something that was favorable or admireable (or yes, precious), but was also used towards things that were rare or unusual in ways that were attractive. After awhile, 'unusual/odd' became more dominant and the 'admirable' sense weakened, but I don't think it could be translated to something negative like 'weird' because the origin is still there. I don't know how the word would be used during Yasusada's time of activity, though...