切ない (せつない) — painful, heartrending, bittersweet
切ない
painful
Frequency #5134
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 2
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
3 characters
i-adjective
Part of speech (JMdict: adj-i)
setsunai
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
せつない[3] nakadaka 中高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- painful
- heartrending
- bittersweet