Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
たん
Grade: S
はく > ぱく
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

(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 edit

Noun edit

(たん)(ぱく) (tanpaku

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

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

淡白 (dambaek) (hangeul 담백)

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