素気ない

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
け > げ
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
素氣ない (kyūjitai)
素気無い

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) げな [sùgénáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝɡe̞na̠i]

Adjective

()()ない • (sugenai) -i (adverbial ()()なく (sugenaku))

  1. cold, short, brusque, curt

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Inflection

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References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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