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切せつない

せつない setsunai Play N1 I-adjective

Meanings and examples

悲しみや心苦しさで胸が締め付けられるように感じるさま。 painful; trying; oppressive; suffocating

Example 1

切ない曲をよく聴きます。

I often listen to sad songs.

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Example 2

ちょっぴり切ない朝を迎えました。

I was greeted with a slightly sad morning.

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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
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一切

N1

いっさい

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

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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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出切る

N1

できる

to be out of; to have no more at hand

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切り

N1

きり

limits; end; bounds; period; place to leave off; closing sentence; all there is; only; since

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切り替える

N1

きりかえる

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace; to switch over