切ない

• 読み: せつない
• ローマ字: setsunai
• 漢字の分解: 切 (setsu/se) — cut, pressing, keen
• 発音: /se.tsɯ.na.i/

意味

Painful; heartrending; bittersweet. A deep emotional ache, often from longing or sadness.

An i-adjective describing a poignant, bittersweet emotional pain — the kind felt from unrequited love, nostalgia, or separation. Unlike 悲しい (sad), 切ない has a more complex emotional texture that can include beauty in the sadness. Very common in song lyrics, literature, and describing romantic feelings. Conjugates as a standard i-adjective: 切なくて, 切なかった.

例文

1. 離れて暮らす恋人を思うと切ない気持ちになる。
2. 昔の写真を見ると切なくなる。
3. あの映画のラストシーンは本当に切なかった。

使い方ガイド

場面: romance, music, literature, nostalgia

トーン: melancholic

起源と歴史

From classical Japanese 切なし, derived from 切 (setsu, to cut). The image of one's heart being cut by emotion. Used in literature since the Heian period to describe intense emotional pain.

文化的背景

時代: Heian period

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal