浅薄

See also: 淺薄

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 淺薄 (“superficial; shallow; skin-deep”).
(This term is the simplified form of 淺薄).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せん
Grade: 4
はく > ぱく
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
淺薄 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From (sen, “shallow”) + (paku, “thin”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んぱく [sèńpákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞mpa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

(せん)(ぱく) • (senpaku

  1. shallow; disapproving a person, piece of work, or idea because of lack of any serious or careful thought.

Adjective

(せん)(ぱく) • (senpaku-na (adnominal (せん)(ぱく) (senpaku na), adverbial (せん)(ぱく) (senpaku ni))

  1. shallow; disapproving a person, piece of work, or idea because of lack of any serious or careful thought.
    • 1911, Inazō Nitobe, Shūyō (修養, Cultivation of the mind):
      ..., ただ偶爾の随感随想を述べたるに過ぎざれば、自ら浅薄なりと思う点も多く、...
      ..., tada gūji no zuikan-zuisō o nobetaru-ni sugizareba, mizukara senpaku-nari to omou ten mo ōku, ...

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ()(そう)(せん)(ぱく) (hisō senpaku): shallow

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN