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Japanese word 切ない: painful / heartbreaking / suffocating. Meanings and example sentences.

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切ない (せつない): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

切ない (せつない) means painful / heartbreaking / suffocating.

See example sentences below.

切ない at a glance

切ない
せつないsetsunai
N1adj
painful / heartbreaking / suffocating
切ないせつないsetsunaiN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning of 切ない

Core meaning

painful / heartbreaking / suffocating

Basic example sentences

Example 1

せつない気持ちで別れた。

Translation

We parted with a painful feeling.

Example 2

胸がせつなくなる歌だ。

Translation

It's a song that makes my chest ache.

切ない (せつない): meaning and examples | Daily Nihongo