切せつ実じつ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Describes a deeply felt, heartfelt desire, wish, or feeling. Often used with 願い, 思い, 希望.

Used for problems, needs, or situations that demand immediate attention. Common with 問題, 必要, 課題.

Rare, somewhat literary use meaning something is exactly right or to the point for a situation. Often seen in older or formal writing.

切せつ実じつな願ねがいan earnest, heartfelt wish
早はやく家か族ぞくに会あいたいというのが彼かれの切せつ実じつな願ねがいだった。
His earnest wish was to see his family again soon.
切せつ実じつな問もん題だいa pressing, urgent problem
少しょう子し化かは今いまの日本にほんにとって切せつ実じつな問もん題だいだ。
Declining birthrates are a pressing problem for Japan today.
切せつ実じつに感かんじるto feel something keenly / acutely
一人ひとり暮ぐらしを始はじめて、家か族ぞくの大たい切せつさを切せつ実じつに感かんじた。
After starting to live alone, I keenly felt how important my family was.
〈人ひと〉にとって切せつ実じつだto be a pressing matter for someone
この問もん題だいは多おおくの高こう齢れい者しゃにとって切せつ実じつだ。
This issue is a pressing concern for many elderly people.

真しん剣けんN3sense 1
真剣 stresses a serious, no-nonsense attitude toward something, while 切実 stresses how deeply and personally felt a need or feeling is.
痛つう切せつN1sense 1
痛切 and 切実 both describe a feeling felt keenly, but 痛切 leans more toward pain or regret while 切実 is broader and used more often.
緊きん急きゅうN1sense 2
緊急 describes an objective, often official emergency (緊急事態), whereas 切実 describes a subjective sense of pressing importance.
深しん刻こくN3sense 2
深刻 emphasizes how grave or serious a problem is, while 切実 emphasizes how urgently it demands a response from the person affected.

A Sino-Japanese word from Chinese 切實, expressing close relevance to reality and, by extension, earnestness or pressing urgency.