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痛切

痛切

Chinese

ache; pain; sorrow close to; to cut; to slice
simp. and trad.
(痛切)

Adjective

痛切

  1. (often adverbially) most sorrowful; deeply remorseful

Japanese

Kanji in this term
つう
Grade: 6
せつ
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From (tsū, "severe, "vehement," "keen") + (setsu, "keen," "acute," "intense")

Pronunciation

Adjectival noun

痛切 (-na inflection, hiragana つうせつ, romaji tsūsetsu)

  1. keen, acute, poignant

Inflection

Noun

痛切 (hiragana つうせつ, romaji tsūsetsu)

  1. keenness, acuity, poignancy

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3