See 切ない on Wiktionary
{
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{
"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": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"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",
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"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": {
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"infl": "i"
},
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"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"
},
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}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "kanashii",
"ruby": [
[
"悲",
"かな"
]
],
"word": "悲しい"
}
],
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{
"_dis": "85 15",
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{
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{
"_dis": "85 15",
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"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "69 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms suffixed with ない",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "47 53",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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{
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{
"_dis": "84 16",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "88 12",
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],
"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",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "unbearably sad feelings",
"roman": "setsunai kimochi",
"ruby": [
[
"切",
"せつ"
],
[
"気持",
"きも"
]
],
"text": "切ない気持ち",
"type": "example"
}
],
"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"
],
[
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"sadness"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "47 53",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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],
"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。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"suffocating; oppressive"
],
"id": "en-切ない-ja-adj-KJ75nJGf",
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[
"suffocating",
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],
[
"oppressive",
"oppressive"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "せつない"
},
{
"ipa": "[se̞t͡sɨna̠i]"
}
],
"word": "切ない"
}
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"Japanese terms suffixed with ない",
"Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese い-i adjectives",
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"2": "切",
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],
"etymology_text": "From 切 (“urgent, pressing, close”) + ない (“adjectivizing suffix”).",
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{
"form": "切ない",
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[
"切",
"せつ"
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},
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"form": "setsunai",
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[
"切",
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-i",
"source": "inflection",
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"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": [
{
"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",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "unbearably sad feelings",
"roman": "setsunai kimochi",
"ruby": [
[
"切",
"せつ"
],
[
"気持",
"きも"
]
],
"text": "切ない気持ち",
"type": "example"
}
],
"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。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"suffocating; oppressive"
],
"links": [
[
"suffocating",
"suffocating"
],
[
"oppressive",
"oppressive"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "せつない"
},
{
"ipa": "[se̞t͡sɨna̠i]"
}
],
"word": "切ない"
}
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"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
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],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "切ない",
"trace": ""
}
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