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切せつな

せつな · setsuna

JLPT N1 i-adjective 語幹

is the stem of 切ない — painful, heartrending, trying.

  • oppressive, suffocating, miserable
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How it’s built

切ない 切な

Stem (). The part that does not change. Adjectives and some words appear as a bare stem in compounds or exclamations.

切ない is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.

Name that form

Three more forms of . Can you tell what each one is?

Every form of

Negative 切なくないせつなくない
Past 切なかったせつなかった
Past negative 切なくなかったせつなくなかった
Te-form 切なくてせつなくて
Adverb 切なくせつなく
Before a noun 切ないせつない
Ba-conditional 切なければせつなければ
Tara-conditional 切なかったらせつなかったら
Become ~ 切なくなるせつなくなる
Too ~ 切なすぎるせつなすぎる

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In real sentences

The summer festival is an important opportunity to deepen the bonds of the local community.

Nihoner sentence bank

This is an important letter.

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Now, this is really important.

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Other forms and spellings

切なけれ切なきゃ切なけりゃ切なかろ切なかろう切なかろふ切ない切ねえ切ナイ切のう切なく切なかっ
stem of 切ない