切ない

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せつ
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

切ない (-i inflection, hiragana せつない, rōmaji setsunai)

  1. poignantly sad; filling one with great sadness
     (せつ)ない (うた) (うた)
    setsunai uta o utau
    to sing a sad song
     (せつ)ない () ()
    setsunai kimochi
    unbearably sad feelings
  2. suffocating; oppressive
    スモッグが ()えているから、あちらの (てん) () (せつ)ないでしょな。
    Sumoggu ga fueteiru kara, achira no tenki wa setsunai desho na.
    The weather over there is harsh because of the high smog, yeah.

Inflection

See also

References

  1. Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.
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