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Illustration of 切実

切実せつじつ

せつじつ setsujitsu Play N1 Na-adjective Noun

Meanings and examples

差し迫った事情や深刻な問題に、真剣に向き合うさま。 compelling; serious; severe; acute; earnest; pressing; urgent

Example 1

太っているのが私の切実な問題です。

Being fat is a serious problem for me.

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Example 2

彼女は切実に助けを求めていた。

She was earnestly asking for help.

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Kanji breakdown

切

N4

cut; cutoff; be sharp

On reading
セツ、サイ
Kun reading
き.る、-き.る、き.り、-き.り、-ぎ.り、き.れる、-き.れる、き.れ、-き.れ、-ぎ.れ
Radical
刀

実

N3

reality; truth; seed; fruit; nut

On reading
ジツ、シツ
Kun reading
み、みの.る、まこと、みの、みち.る
Radical
宀
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一切

N1

いっさい

all; everything; without exception; the whole; entirely; absolutely

Illustration of 仕切る

仕切る

N1

しきる

to partition; to divide; to mark off; to settle accounts; to toe the mark

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充実

N1

じゅうじつ

fullness; completion; perfection; substantiality; enrichment

Illustration of 出切る

出切る

N1

できる

to be out of; to have no more at hand

Illustration of 切ない

切ない

N1

せつない

painful; trying; oppressive; suffocating