Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of さっぱり in Japanese

さっぱり
JLPT 3
Romaji
sappari
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), adverb (fukushi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, adverb taking the `to' particle
    Meaning
    feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
    Example sentence
    冷水浴で彼はさっぱりした。 A cold bath refreshed him.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    neat; trimmed
    Example sentence
    彼女は夕食の前にさっぱりした。 She freshened herself up before supper.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    plain; simple
    Example sentence
    彼女は高価ではないがさっぱりとした服装をしていた。 Though she did not wear expensive clothes, she was neatly dressed.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    completely; entirely
    Example sentence
    彼女はさっぱりした服装をしている。 She is neatly dressed.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    not in the least (in sentence with negative verb); not at all
    Example sentence
    彼女の保健体育の講義はさっぱり理解できない。 I can't make head nor tail of her lecture on health and physical education.
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    completely ignorant; not doing at all
    Example sentence
    彼女が誰なのか、私にはさっぱりわからない。 Who she is I have no idea.

Examples of , さっぱり in a sentence