Illustration: On a quiet regional railway platform, a young adult watches their partner depart behind the closed window of a train. Both try to smile, but the person on the platform presses one hand against their chest and grips a small handmade charm with the other.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

切せつない

setsunai

heartrending, painful

Example sentences

  1. 切せつない話はなしだった。

    It was a sad story.

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  2. 今宵こよいはとても切せつない。

    I feel very sad tonight.

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  3. 切せつない曲きょくをよく聴ききます。

    I often listen to sad songs.

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Kanji in 切

  • 切cutOnセツ・サイKunきる・きり・きれる

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