Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
せわ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

From the stem of the adjective (せわ)しい (sewashii, busy, hurried, restless) and the suffix ない (nai, having that quality).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

(せわ)しない (sewashinaiせはしない (sefasinai)?-i (adverbial (せわ)しなく (sewashinaku))

  1. busy; hurried
  2. restless; fidgety

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References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN