"切ない" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Japanese]

IPA: [se̞t͡sɨᵝna̠i]
Etymology: From 切 (“urgent, pressing, close”) + ない (“adjectivizing suffix”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|ja|切|ない|t1=urgent, pressing, close|t2=adjectivizing suffix}} 切 (“urgent, pressing, close”) + ない (“adjectivizing suffix”) Head templates: {{ja-adj|せつない|infl=i}} 切(せつ)ない • (setsunai) -i (adverbial 切(せつ)なく (setsunaku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=せつな|lemma=切な|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 切ない [canonical] (ruby: (せつ)), setsunai [romanization], 切なく [adverbial] (ruby: (せつ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 切なかろ [imperfective, stem], せつなかろ [imperfective, stem], setsunakaro [imperfective], 切なく [continuative, stem], せつなく [continuative, stem], setsunaku [continuative], 切ない [stem, terminative], せつない [stem, terminative], setsunai [terminative], 切ない [attributive, stem], せつない [attributive, stem], setsunai [attributive], 切なけれ [hypothetical, stem], せつなけれ [hypothetical, stem], setsunakere [hypothetical], 切なかれ [imperative, stem], せつなかれ [imperative, stem], setsunakare [imperative], 切なくない [informal, negative], せつなくない [informal, negative], setsunaku nai [informal, negative], 切なかった [informal, past], せつなかった [informal, past], setsunakatta [informal, past], 切なくなかった [informal, negative, past], せつなくなかった [informal, negative, past], setsunaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 切ないです [formal], せつないです [formal], setsunai desu [formal], 切なくないです [formal, negative], せつなくないです [formal, negative], setsunaku nai desu [formal, negative], 切なかったです [formal, past], せつなかったです [formal, past], setsunakatta desu [formal, past], 切なくなかったです [formal, negative, past], せつなくなかったです [formal, negative, past], setsunaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 切なくて [conjunctive], せつなくて [conjunctive], setsunakute [conjunctive], 切なければ [conditional], せつなければ [conditional], setsunakereba [conditional], 切なかったら [conditional, past], せつなかったら [conditional, past], setsunakattara [conditional, past], 切なかろう [volitional], せつなかろう [volitional], setsunakarō [volitional], 切なく [adverbial], せつなく [adverbial], setsunaku [adverbial], 切なさ [noun-from-adj], せつなさ [noun-from-adj], setsunasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. poignantly sad; filling one with great sadness
    Sense id: en-切ない-ja-adj-eZ~bk7VO Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms suffixed with ない, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 79 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 84 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with ない: 65 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 84 16
  2. suffocating; oppressive
    Sense id: en-切ない-ja-adj-KJ75nJGf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 悲しい (kanashii) (ruby: (かな))

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "切",
        "3": "ない",
        "t1": "urgent, pressing, close",
        "t2": "adjectivizing suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "切 (“urgent, pressing, close”) + ない (“adjectivizing suffix”)",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 切 (“urgent, pressing, close”) + ない (“adjectivizing suffix”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "切ない",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "切",
          "せつ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunai",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なく",
      "roman": "setsunaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "切",
          "せつ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切ない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切ない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切ないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "せつない",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "切(せつ)ない • (setsunai) -i (adverbial 切(せつ)なく (setsunaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "せつな",
        "lemma": "切な",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kanashii",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "悲",
          "かな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "悲しい"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms suffixed with ない",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to sing a sad song",
          "roman": "setsunai uta o utau",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "切",
              "せつ"
            ],
            [
              "歌",
              "うた"
            ],
            [
              "歌",
              "うた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "切ない歌を歌う"
        },
        {
          "english": "unbearably sad feelings",
          "roman": "setsunai kimochi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "切",
              "せつ"
            ],
            [
              "気持",
              "きも"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "切ない気持ち"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "poignantly sad; filling one with great sadness"
      ],
      "id": "en-切ない-ja-adj-eZ~bk7VO",
      "links": [
        [
          "poignantly",
          "poignantly"
        ],
        [
          "sad",
          "sad"
        ],
        [
          "fill",
          "fill"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "sadness",
          "sadness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The weather over there is harsh because of the high smog, yeah.",
          "roman": "Sumoggu ga fueteiru kara, achira no tenki wa setsunai desho na.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "増",
              "ふ"
            ],
            [
              "天気",
              "てんき"
            ],
            [
              "切",
              "せつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "スモッグが増えているから、あちらの天気は切ないでしょな。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffocating; oppressive"
      ],
      "id": "en-切ない-ja-adj-KJ75nJGf",
      "links": [
        [
          "suffocating",
          "suffocating"
        ],
        [
          "oppressive",
          "oppressive"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "せつない"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[se̞t͡sɨᵝna̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "切ない"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms suffixed with ない",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "t2": "adjectivizing suffix"
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      "expansion": "切 (“urgent, pressing, close”) + ない (“adjectivizing suffix”)",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 切 (“urgent, pressing, close”) + ない (“adjectivizing suffix”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "切ない",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "切",
          "せつ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なく",
      "roman": "setsunaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "切",
          "せつ"
        ]
      ],
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        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切ない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切ない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切ないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "切なさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せつなさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setsunasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "せつない",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "切(せつ)ない • (setsunai) -i (adverbial 切(せつ)なく (setsunaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "せつな",
        "lemma": "切な",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "kanashii",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "悲",
          "かな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "悲しい"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to sing a sad song",
          "roman": "setsunai uta o utau",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "切",
              "せつ"
            ],
            [
              "歌",
              "うた"
            ],
            [
              "歌",
              "うた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "切ない歌を歌う"
        },
        {
          "english": "unbearably sad feelings",
          "roman": "setsunai kimochi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "切",
              "せつ"
            ],
            [
              "気持",
              "きも"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "切ない気持ち"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "poignantly sad; filling one with great sadness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poignantly",
          "poignantly"
        ],
        [
          "sad",
          "sad"
        ],
        [
          "fill",
          "fill"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "sadness",
          "sadness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The weather over there is harsh because of the high smog, yeah.",
          "roman": "Sumoggu ga fueteiru kara, achira no tenki wa setsunai desho na.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "増",
              "ふ"
            ],
            [
              "天気",
              "てんき"
            ],
            [
              "切",
              "せつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "スモッグが増えているから、あちらの天気は切ないでしょな。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffocating; oppressive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "suffocating",
          "suffocating"
        ],
        [
          "oppressive",
          "oppressive"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "せつない"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[se̞t͡sɨᵝna̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "切ない"
}

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