淡白

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たん
Grade: S
はく > ぱく
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
淡泊
淡薄
澹泊

Pronunciation

Adjective

(たん)(ぱく) • (tanpaku-na (adnominal (たん)(ぱく) (tanpaku na), adverbial (たん)(ぱく) (tanpaku ni))

  1. frank, candid
  2. unselfish, uninterested
    (かね)には淡白(たんぱく)(ひと)だった。
    Kane ni wa tanpaku na hito datta.
    He was not obsessed with money making.
  3. light of flavor, simple, plain (in reference to food)

Inflection

Noun

(たん)(ぱく) • (tanpaku

  1. frankness, candidness
  2. unselfishness, being uninterested
  3. being light of flavor, simplicity, plainness (in reference to food)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

淡白 • (dambaek) (hangeul 담백)

  1. hanja form? of 담백 (unselfishness, being uninterested; being light of flavor, simplicity, plainness (in reference to food))