Question about i-adjective without 「い」followed by 「の」


> **妖し** の怪談編

I found that 「妖しい」is an i-adjective but in this case the alphabet 「い」is
missing. For my understanding, the way to change i-adjective is to replace the
last 「い」with「さ」. Or is this a way to change adjective into noun form?




It is actually しい-adjectives rather than いｰadjectives that we should be
looking at here. しい-adjectives are adjectives that end in 「しい」, and not just
「い」.

Examples: [愛]{いと}しい (beloved)、[懐]{なつ}かしい (dear old)、[麗]{うるわ}しい
(graceful)、[妖]{あや}しい (mysterious), etc.

**「[しい-Adjective] minus い plus の」 (Drop the い and add a の)**

makes a kind of _**elegant word**_ out of the しい-adjective that also functions
adjectivally.

I have no idea at what stage in Japanese-as-a-foreign-language this is taught,
but this format is _**quite**_ common in Japanese.

Examples: 「懐かしの[歌声]{うたごえ}」 (dear old singing voice)、「愛しのエリー」 (Ellie my love) ←
popular song title、「麗しの[君]{きみ}」 (the graceful you), etc.

「妖しの[怪談編]{かいだんへん}」, thus, means "the Mysterious Ghost Stories Edition".

As far as pure meaning, 「妖 **しの** 怪談編」 and 「妖 **しい** 怪談編」 are pretty much the
same. _**It is just that the former looks and sounds more elegant and/or
refined and kind of more literary**_ than the latter.




It is actually しい-adjectives rather than いｰadjectives that we should be
looking at here. しい-adjectives are adjectives that end in 「しい」, and not just
「い」.

Examples: [愛]{いと}しい (beloved)、[懐]{なつ}かしい (dear old)、[麗]{うるわ}しい
(graceful)、[妖]{あや}しい (mysterious), etc.

**「[しい-Adjective] minus い plus の」 (Drop the い and add a の)**

makes a kind of _**elegant word**_ out of the しい-adjective that also functions
adjectivally.

I have no idea at what stage in Japanese-as-a-foreign-language this is taught,
but this format is _**quite**_ common in Japanese.

Examples: 「懐かしの[歌声]{うたごえ}」 (dear old singing voice)、「愛しのエリー」 (Ellie my love) ←
popular song title、「麗しの[君]{きみ}」 (the graceful you), etc.

「妖しの[怪談編]{かいだんへん}」, thus, means "the Mysterious Ghost Stories Edition".

As far as pure meaning, 「妖 **しの** 怪談編」 and 「妖 **しい** 怪談編」 are pretty much the
same. _**It is just that the former looks and sounds more elegant and/or
refined and kind of more literary**_ than the latter.

