澄

Meaning

澄 centers on clarity and stillness: a liquid becoming clear and settled, or a person's expression or mind becoming calm and serious. The ideas of straining, clarifying, and looking grave all stem from this core of making something pure and undisturbed.

• 澄むすむ
  N2

  to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent

• 清澄せいちょう

  clear; serene

• 澄ましすまし

  primness; putting on airs; prim person

• 澄ますすます
  N1

  to clear; to make clear

• 上澄みうわずみ

  clear layer of fluid (at the top of a mixture); supernatant liquid; supernate

• 研ぎ澄ますとぎすます

  to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

• 澄み切るすみきる

  to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up

• 澄み切ったすみきった

  perfectly clear

• 耳を澄ますみみをすます
  N1

  to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

• お澄ましおすまし

  primness; putting on airs; prim person

• つんと澄ましてつんとすまして

  primly; with one's nose in the air; smugly

• 乙に澄ますおつにすます

  to affect a serene mood; to affect a serious demeanor; to act prudishly; to assume an air of superiority

• 取り澄ますとりすます

  to look unconcerned; to assume a composed look

• 明澄めいちょう

  lucid; clear

• 水澄ましみずすまし

  whirligig beetle (any insect of family Gyrinidae, esp. the Japanese whirligig beetle, Gyrinus japonicus)

• 清澄剤せいちょうざい

  clarifying agent; clarificant; clarifier; clearing agent; fining agent

• 澄ましバターすましバター

  clarified butter

• 澄まし屋すましや

  a prim person

• 澄まし込むすましこむ

  to put on airs; to affect (e.g. importance); to look wise

• 澄み渡るすみわたる

  to be perfectly clear

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