軽薄

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けい
Grade: 3
はく
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
輕薄 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーはく [kèéhákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞ːha̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjective

(けい)(はく) • (keihaku) -na (adnominal (けい)(はく) (keihaku na), adverbial (けい)(はく) (keihaku ni))

  1. shallow, intellectually lightweight, superficial
  2. inconsiderate, flippant
    (かれ)軽薄(けいはく)コメント不評(ふひょう)()った
    Kare no keihaku na komento wa fuhyō o katta.
    His inconsiderate comments stirred up controversy.

Inflection

Noun

(けい)(はく) • (keihaku) 

  1. shallowness
  2. flippancy

References

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