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Originally Posted by chiuchimu
My cousins fiance was an adopted child. Her parents adopted her for the sole purpose that she carry on the family Inn because they could not make any children of their own. She was allowed to go off to college not only to learn, but also that she might meet someone and bring back a husband that would take over the family business with her. That was her parents plan. She met my cousin in college but he had plans for his own future. He wanted her to run away with him, but she couldn't disrespect the parents that cared for her so she broke off the marriage.
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TBH, I'm starting to question your own Japanese knowledge here.
That would not be described with the word せつない by the majority of Japanese-speakers. The situation is just way too heavy to call せつない.
せつない has a much lighter (and often poetic) feel to it. It isn't used for a tragedy.
NOTE: In case the people involved in this incident or those who have heard the story don't feel it's as tragic and distressful as I'm feeling, they might use the word to describe it.