See 切ない in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "inflection",
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"form": "切なけれ",
"source": "inflection",
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{
"form": "せつなけれ",
"source": "inflection",
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"hypothetical",
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"form": "setsunakere",
"source": "inflection",
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"hypothetical",
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{
"form": "切なかれ",
"source": "inflection",
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"form": "切なかった",
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{
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"informal",
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},
{
"form": "setsunakatta",
"source": "inflection",
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"informal",
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},
{
"form": "切なくなかった",
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},
{
"form": "せつなくなかった",
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"form": "切ないです",
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{
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"source": "inflection",
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"form": "setsunai desu",
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{
"form": "切なくないです",
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{
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{
"form": "切なかったです",
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"source": "inflection",
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{
"form": "setsunakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
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"formal",
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{
"form": "切なくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
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"formal",
"negative",
"past"
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{
"form": "せつなくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
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"formal",
"negative",
"past"
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{
"form": "setsunaku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
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"formal",
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"past"
]
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{
"form": "切なくて",
"source": "inflection",
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"conjunctive"
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"form": "せつなくて",
"source": "inflection",
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"conditional",
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},
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"form": "setsunakattara",
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{
"form": "切なかろう",
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},
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"form": "せつなかろう",
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"form": "切なさ",
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"english": "to sing a sad song",
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"form": "切ない",
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"form": "せつない",
"source": "inflection",
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"form": "setsunai",
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"form": "切なけれ",
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{
"form": "せつなけれ",
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{
"form": "setsunakere",
"source": "inflection",
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{
"form": "切なかれ",
"source": "inflection",
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{
"form": "せつなかれ",
"source": "inflection",
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{
"form": "切なくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "せつなくない",
"source": "inflection",
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"informal",
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},
{
"form": "setsunaku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
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},
{
"form": "切なかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
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},
{
"form": "せつなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "setsunakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "切なくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "せつなくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "setsunaku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "切ないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
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},
{
"form": "せつないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
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},
{
"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"
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},
{
"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"
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},
{
"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"
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},
{
"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"
}
],
"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": [
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
0,
8
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
3
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
10,
13
]
],
"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",
"translation": "to sing a sad song",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
0,
8
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
3
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
14
]
],
"english": "unbearably sad feelings",
"roman": "setsunai kimochi",
"ruby": [
[
"切",
"せつ"
],
[
"気持",
"きも"
]
],
"text": "切ない気持ち",
"translation": "unbearably sad feelings",
"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": [
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
45,
53
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
20,
23
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
26,
31
]
],
"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。",
"translation": "The weather over there is harsh because of the high smog, yeah.",
"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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