切せつ
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
1. eager; earnest; ardent; kind; keen; acute
Interjection
Abbreviation
2. OFF (on switch)
also きり
Kanji used
cut
Pitch accent
せ
つ
Top 6800
Used in vocabulary (36 in total)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); transverse section; cutting plane
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
keen; acute; heartfelt
eagerly; earnestly; ardently
pathetic; plaintive
autotomy; self amputation; act of cutting off a part of one's own body in order to escape a predator
entreaty; supplication
cutter; cutting machine; guillotine
cutting-plane line
cutting in half; painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper; half-size paper
essential; vital
eager; earnest; ardent
earnest persuasion; urging strongly; saying harshly; arguing fiercely; cutting remark
penis removal
cutting; cutting off; severing
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
circumscription; being circumscribed
under pressure; urgency
cotangent
tangent (trigonometric function)
inscription; being inscribed
grandmotherly solicitude for another's welfare; excessive solicitude
tracheotomy
fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
scratch test; scarification
persistent argument
qieyun (ancient Chinese dictionary arranged by rhyme, displaying characters' meanings and representing their pronunciation with fanqie)
Examples (1 in total)
We are all eager for him to win the Nobel prize.