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
Top 5800
Used in vocabulary (34 in total)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); cutting plane
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
strongly; keenly; vividly; sincerely; urgently
cutting in half; painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper; half-size paper
cutter; cutting machine; guillotine
essential; vital
urging; persuasion; declaration
eager; earnest; ardent
cutting; cutting off; severing
penis removal
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
under pressure; urgency
cotangent
tangent (trigonometric function)
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.