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Originally Posted by chiuchimu
Yeah, I'd say that's a good discription.
Just that I think we Japanese use it a lot. I never here too many American songs say "rock and a hard place" though it might be implied.
I wonder if Japanese society creates more situations for setsunai feeling to occur?
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Mmm, true. I can't think of any songs that use the expression. I think it is a lot more implied rather than just said outright, but I don't listen to enough music to really know. Song-writing seems to go through trends though, so maybe it is true that setsunai resonates with a lot of people in Japan at the moment. Could be the reverse; that elsewhere people just don't feel sad or helpless in the same kinds of situations. Like maybe a Japanese song writer might put something like "The girl I love doesn't love me, setsunai", whereas an American songwriter might put...i don't know, "B**** won't love me!" *laughs*