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切ない (せつない): painful, trying, sad — Japanese vocabulary

切ない is read せつない and means "painful, trying, sad". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

切ない

Reading
せつない · setsunai
Translation
painful, trying, sad
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
せつないが

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