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呆気ない (あっけない): not enough, too quick (short, long, etc.) — Japanese vocabulary

呆気ない is read あっけない and means "not enough, too quick (short, long, etc.)". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

呆気ない

Reading
あっけない · akkenai
Translation
not enough, too quick (short, long, etc.)
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
あっけないが

Example

彼はあっけなく負けてしまった。

かれはあっけなくまけてしまった。

He was beaten too easily.

Kanji in this word

  • 気 — spirit, mood

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