素気ない

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
け > げ
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling 素気無い

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

素気(すげ)ない (sugenai) -i (adverbial 素気(すげ)なく (sugenaku))

  1. cold, short, brusque, curt

Inflection

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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