浅薄

See also: 淺薄

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

Japanese
Kanji in this term
浅 薄
Grade: 4 Grade: S
Alternative spelling
淺薄 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Adjective

浅薄(せんぱく) • (senpaku) 

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

浅薄(せんぱく) • (senpaku) †-nari

  • Nari Declension (ナリ活用)
  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, ...

Derived terms
  • 皮相浅薄 (ひそうせんぱく, hisō-senpaku): shallow
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