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あっない

atejiusually written using kana aloneい adjectiveadjective (generic)

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Meanings

unsatisfying, disappointing, abrupt, not enough, too quick, too short, over too soon

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試合しあいあっけない結果けっかわった。

The match ended with a disappointing result.

長年ながねん宿敵しゅくてきあっけなくたおれた。

The long-time rival fell in an abruptly anticlimactic way.

ボスはあっけなくたおせてしまったので、拍子抜ひょうしぬけした。

The boss was defeated so easily that I felt let down.

あれほど準備じゅんびしてきたのに、発表会はっぴょうかいあっけなくわってしまった。

Despite all the preparation we had done, the recital was over far too soon.

かくも壮大そうだい物語ものがたりが、これほどあっけない結末けつまつむかえるとはだれ予想よそうしていなかった。

No one had anticipated that such a grand story would come to such an unsatisfying conclusion.