"冴えない" meaning in Japanese

See 冴えない in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [sa̠e̞na̠i]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|さえない|infl=i}} 冴(さ)えない • (saenai) -i (adverbial 冴(さ)えなく (saenaku)) 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=さえな|lemma=冴えな|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 冴えない [canonical] (ruby: ()), saenai [romanization], 冴えなく [adverbial] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 冴えなかろ [imperfective, stem], さえなかろ [imperfective, stem], saenakaro [imperfective], 冴えなく [continuative, stem], さえなく [continuative, stem], saenaku [continuative], 冴えない [stem, terminative], さえない [stem, terminative], saenai [terminative], 冴えない [attributive, stem], さえない [attributive, stem], saenai [attributive], 冴えなけれ [hypothetical, stem], さえなけれ [hypothetical, stem], saenakere [hypothetical], 冴えなかれ [imperative, stem], さえなかれ [imperative, stem], saenakare [imperative], 冴えなくない [informal, negative], さえなくない [informal, negative], saenaku nai [informal, negative], 冴えなかった [informal, past], さえなかった [informal, past], saenakatta [informal, past], 冴えなくなかった [informal, negative, past], さえなくなかった [informal, negative, past], saenaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 冴えないです [formal], さえないです [formal], saenai desu [formal], 冴えなくないです [formal, negative], さえなくないです [formal, negative], saenaku nai desu [formal, negative], 冴えなかったです [formal, past], さえなかったです [formal, past], saenakatta desu [formal, past], 冴えなくなかったです [formal, negative, past], さえなくなかったです [formal, negative, past], saenaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 冴えなくて [conjunctive], さえなくて [conjunctive], saenakute [conjunctive], 冴えなければ [conditional], さえなければ [conditional], saenakereba [conditional], 冴えなかったら [conditional, past], さえなかったら [conditional, past], saenakattara [conditional, past], 冴えなかろう [volitional], さえなかろう [volitional], saenakarō [volitional], 冴えなく [adverbial], さえなく [adverbial], saenaku [adverbial], 冴えなさ [noun-from-adj], さえなさ [noun-from-adj], saenasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. dull; boring; dissatisfying; uninteresting
    Sense id: en-冴えない-ja-adj-UH0a6nQw Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 86 14 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 91 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 91 9

Verb

IPA: [sa̠e̞na̠i] Forms: 冴えない [canonical] (ruby: ()), saenai [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-verb form|さえない}} 冴(さ)えない • (saenai)
  1. negative of 冴える (saeru) [ichidan] Tags: form-of, negative Form of: 冴える (extra: saeru)
    Sense id: en-冴えない-ja-verb-OkV4G9WF

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "冴えない",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "冴",
          "さ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなく",
      "roman": "saenaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "冴",
          "さ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "さえない",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "冴(さ)えない • (saenai) -i (adverbial 冴(さ)えなく (saenaku))",
      "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": "さえな",
        "lemma": "冴えな",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
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        },
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        },
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dull; boring; dissatisfying; uninteresting"
      ],
      "id": "en-冴えない-ja-adj-UH0a6nQw",
      "links": [
        [
          "dull",
          "dull"
        ],
        [
          "boring",
          "boring"
        ],
        [
          "dissatisfying",
          "dissatisfying"
        ],
        [
          "uninteresting",
          "uninteresting"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠e̞na̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "冴えない"
}

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    {
      "form": "冴えない",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "冴",
          "さ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenai",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "さえない"
      },
      "expansion": "冴(さ)えない • (saenai)",
      "name": "ja-verb form"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "saeru",
          "word": "冴える"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "negative of 冴える (saeru) [ichidan]",
        "negative of 冴える (saeru)"
      ],
      "id": "en-冴えない-ja-verb-OkV4G9WF",
      "links": [
        [
          "冴える",
          "冴える#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
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        "negative of 冴える (saeru) [ichidan]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "negative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠e̞na̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "冴えない"
}
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    "Japanese non-lemma forms",
    "Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji",
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    },
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          "冴",
          "さ"
        ]
      ],
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        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenakaro",
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        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "冴えなさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さえなさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "さえない",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "冴(さ)えない • (saenai) -i (adverbial 冴(さ)えなく (saenaku))",
      "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": "さえな",
        "lemma": "冴えな",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dull; boring; dissatisfying; uninteresting"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dull",
          "dull"
        ],
        [
          "boring",
          "boring"
        ],
        [
          "dissatisfying",
          "dissatisfying"
        ],
        [
          "uninteresting",
          "uninteresting"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠e̞na̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "冴えない"
}

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    "Japanese lemmas",
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    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese non-lemma forms",
    "Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji",
    "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 verb forms",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "冴えない",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "冴",
          "さ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saenai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "さえない"
      },
      "expansion": "冴(さ)えない • (saenai)",
      "name": "ja-verb form"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "saeru",
          "word": "冴える"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "negative of 冴える (saeru) [ichidan]",
        "negative of 冴える (saeru)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "冴える",
          "冴える#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "negative of 冴える (saeru) [ichidan]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "negative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠e̞na̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "冴えない"
}
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  "subsection": "adjective",
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