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    3. さっぱり

    さっぱり

    さっぱり

    feeling refreshed

    N3KMT1CoreEmotions & PsychologyKana Vocab10 strokes

    さっぱり

    Adverb, Verb, Particle, Noun, Participle

    1.
    feeling refreshed, feeling relieved
    onomatopoeic or mimetic word
    2.
    neat, tidy, clean

    Adverb, Verb, Particle, Noun, Participle, Adjective

    3.
    frank, open-hearted, plain, simple, light

    Adverb, Particle

    4.
    completely, entirely

    Adverb

    5.
    not in the least (with neg. verb), not at all

    Adjective

    6.
    nothing at all, completely useless, hopeless, awful

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    お風ふ呂ろに入はいってさっぱりした。

    I felt refreshed after taking a bath.

    KMT1Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの話はなしはさっぱり理り解かいできなかった。

    I couldn't understand his story at all.

    KMT2Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    このスープはさっぱりしていて、食しょく欲よくがない時ときでも食たべやすい。

    This soup is light and easy to eat even when you don't have an appetite.

    KMT3Food & DiningEmotions & Psychology
    部へ屋やをさっぱり片かた付づけた。

    I tidied up the room completely.

    KMT3Home & HousingDaily Life
    彼かの女じょはさっぱりした性せい格かくで、誰だれからも好すかれている。

    She has a frank personality and is liked by everyone.

    KMT4Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships

    Kana that make up this word

    さ
    sa
    っ
    small tsu
    ぱ
    pa
    り
    ri
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