N31418/1669

さっぱり

onomatopoeic or mimetic wordadverbadverb taking the と particlenoun or participle taking the aux. verb するverb (generic)noun (generic)な adjectiveadjective (generic)

Meanings

  • feeling refreshed, feeling relieved
  • neat, tidy, clean
  • frank, open-hearted, plain, simple, light
  • completely, entirely
  • not in the least (with neg. verb), not at all
  • nothing at all, completely useless, hopeless, awful

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Example sentences

シャワーを浴あびてさっぱりした。

I feel refreshed after taking a shower.

彼かれの言いっていることがさっぱりわからない。

I don't understand what he is saying at all.

夏なつはさっぱりした料理りょうりが食たべたくなる。

In summer, I want to eat light, simple food.

部屋へやを片付かたづけたら、さっぱりした気分きぶんになった。

After tidying up my room, I felt a sense of relief.

彼女かのじょは悩なやみを打うち明あけてさっぱりした顔かおをしていた。

She had a relieved look on her face after opening up about her worries.

Related words

床ゆか

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

実み

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

節ふし

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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床ゆか

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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実み

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

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節ふし

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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文ぶん

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

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値ね

price, cost; value, worth, merit

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象ぞう

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

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