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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

繊せん細さい

sensai

sensitive, delicate

Example sentences

  1. わたしこれでも繊細せんさいなのよ。

    I am a sensitive person, you know.

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  2. 非常ひじょうに繊細せんさいな問題もんだいだ。

    It’s a very delicate question.

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  3. トムの繊細せんさいな感受性かんじゅせいにはかなわない。

    I could never match Tom’s sensitivity.

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Kanji in 繊細

  • 繊slender; fineOnセン
  • 細dainty; get thinOnサイKunほそい・ほそる・こまか

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