JLPT N1 · い-adjective

素っ気無い (sokkenai)

素っ気無い (そっけない, sokkenai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “cold; short”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.

Reading: そっけない
Romaji: sokkenai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

cold; short; curt; blunt · い-adjective · usually written in kana

Example sentences

彼女はいつも僕にそっけない。

She's always short with me.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 素っ気無い

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	素っ気無い	そっけない sokkenai
Negative	素っ気無くない	そっけなくない sokkenakunai
Past	素っ気無かった	そっけなかった sokkenakatta
Negative past	素っ気無くなかった	そっけなくなかった sokkenakunakatta
Te-form	素っ気無くて	そっけなくて sokkenakute
Adverb (~ku)	素っ気無く	そっけなく sokkenaku
Conditional (~ba)	素っ気無ければ	そっけなければ sokkenakereba

Kanji in 素っ気無い

素

elementary, principle, nakedソ・ス・もと · 10 strokes

気

spirit, mind, airキ・ケ・いき・き · 6 strokes

無

nothingness, none, ain'tム・ブ・な.い · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 素っ気無い.

素晴らしいすばらしいwonderful素もとorigin酸素さんそoxygen (O)要素ようそelement素人しろうとamateur水素すいそhydrogen (H)素直すなおobedient素質そしつmakings (of)元素げんそelement簡素かんそsimple素材そざいingredient素朴そぼくsimple炭素たんそcarbon (C)質素しっそsimple

Source: JMdict entry 1596550 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.