See also: 纯白

Chinese

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pure; simple; unmixed
pure; simple; unmixed; genuine
 
white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
trad. (純白)
simp. (纯白)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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純白

  1. pure or snow white

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
じゅん
Grade: 6
はく > ぱく
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

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From 純白 (dzywin bæk, literally pure + white). Compare modern Mandarin reading chúnbái, or Cantonese seon4 baak6.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(じゅん)(ぱく) (junpaku-na (adnominal (じゅん)(ぱく) (junpaku na), adverbial (じゅん)(ぱく) (junpaku ni))

  1. pure white, snow white
  2. pure, unsoiled, clean

Inflection

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Noun

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(じゅん)(ぱく) (junpaku

  1. pure white, snow white
  2. purity
    • 1902 社會百面相 (Shakai Hyaku Mensō, “A Hundred Faces of Society”), 内田魯庵 (Uchida Roan)
      小生(わたくし)貴嬢(あなた)(つま)にして貴嬢(あなた)純白(じゅんぱく)(けが)すを(よく)するやうな()んな(けち)(いや)しい(ひく)(きた)ない()(かた)はしませぬ。
      Watakushi wa anata o tsuma ni shite anata no junpaku o kegasu o yoku suru yau na sonna kechi na iyashii hikui kitanai horekata wa shimasenu.
      For me to make you my wife, and want to sully your purity... I do not love you in any such a stingy, vulgar, lowly, dirty fashion.

References

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