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素っ気無い (そっけない): cold, short, curt, blunt — Japanese vocabulary

素っ気無い is read そっけない and means "cold, short, curt, blunt". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

素っ気無い

Reading
そっけない · sokkenai
Translation
cold, short, curt, blunt
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
そっけないが

Kanji in this word

  • 素 — element, plain
  • 気 — spirit, mood
  • 無 — nothing, without

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