I Love Kanji情無い (nasakenai)
情無い (なさけない, nasakenai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “miserable; pitiable”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- なさけない
- Romaji
- nasakenai
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic · い-adjective
Example sentences
ってゆーか、こうやってぐじぐじ考えるのが情けないんじゃないのか？
Or rather, is it not just pathetic that I think such whiny thoughts like this?
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 情無い
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 情無い | なさけない nasakenai |
| Negative | 情無くない | なさけなくない nasakenakunai |
| Past | 情無かった | なさけなかった nasakenakatta |
| Negative past | 情無くなかった | なさけなくなかった nasakenakunakatta |
| Te-form | 情無くて | なさけなくて nasakenakute |
| Adverb (~ku) | 情無く | なさけなく nasakenaku |
| Conditional (~ba) | 情無ければ | なさけなければ nasakenakereba |
Kanji in 情無い
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 情無い.
情じょうfeelings事情じじょうcircumstances情報じょうほうinformation愛情あいじょうlove感情かんじょうemotion友情ゆうじょうfriendship表情ひょうじょうfacial expression苦情くじょうcomplaint純情じゅんじょうpure heart情けなさけpity同情どうじょうsympathy情勢じょうせいstate of things情緒じょうちょemotion情緒じょうしょemotion
Source: JMdict entry 1599480 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.