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冴えない； 冱えない [rK]
【 さえない 】
1. [exp,adj-i]
▶ dull
▶ dreary
▶ sullen
▶ depressed
2. [exp,adj-i]
▶ dissatisfying
▶ disappointing
▶ lackluster
▶ inadequate
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1297050 冴える【さえる】 5. to be satisfying
3. [exp,adj-i]
▶ unattractive
▶ unappealing
4. [exp,adj-i]
▶ boring
▶ uninteresting

Conjugations


History:
6. A 2022-07-23 11:22:45  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2022-07-23 01:28:25  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
gg5
さえない男	4584
冴えない男	8457
さえない天気	2337
冴えない天気	2800
さえない顔	1706
冴えない顔	3152
  Comments: 
Doesn't appear to be uk.
  Diff: 
@@ -17,2 +16,0 @@
-<misc>&uk;</misc>
-<gloss>dark</gloss>
@@ -19,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>dreary</gloss>
@@ -20,0 +20 @@
+<gloss>depressed</gloss>
@@ -25,2 +24,0 @@
-<misc>&uk;</misc>
-<gloss>unsatisfactory</gloss>
@@ -27,0 +26,3 @@
+<gloss>disappointing</gloss>
+<gloss>lackluster</gloss>
+<gloss>inadequate</gloss>
@@ -32 +32,0 @@
-<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -39 +38,0 @@
-<misc>&uk;</misc>
4. A 2022-07-21 06:03:18  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
OK
  Diff: 
@@ -16,0 +17 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -23,0 +25 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -29,0 +32 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -35,0 +39 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
3. A* 2022-07-21 04:17:21  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
GG5's examples all use the kana form. [uk]?

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 冴える　 │ 131,753 │ 81.0% │
│ 冱える　 │     842 │  0.5% │
│ さえる　 │  30,115 │ 18.5% │
├─ーーーー─┼─────────┼───────┤
│ 冴えない │ 213,446 │ 47.6% │
│ 冱えない │   1,275 │  0.3% │ 🡠 rK (not explicitly in my refs)
│ さえない │ 233,832 │ 52.1% │
╰─ーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
  Diff: 
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
2. A 2010-09-02 19:05:04  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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