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単純 (たんじゅん, tanjun) Japanese meaning: simple | Kotomora
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この 問もん 題だい は 単たん 純じゅん だ から すぐ 解と ける 。
This problem is simple, so I can solve it right away.
He has a simple-minded personality and trusts people too easily.
Usage patterns 単たん 純じゅん な 〈 事こと 〉 a simple matter/issue
Actually, it's not that simple a matter.
単たん 純じゅん に 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to simply do ~ / to (do something) without overthinking
The failure was caused by thinking about it too simplistically.
〈 人ひと 〉 は 単たん 純じゅん だ (a person) is simple-minded/naive
He's such a simple person that he gets pleased the moment someone flatters him.
Kanji 純 genuine, purity, innocence Related words 簡単 focuses on ease or lack of difficulty, while 単純 focuses on structural simplicity or lack of depth, and can also describe a naive person.
素朴 describes something plain, rustic, or unsophisticated (like a design or personality), whereas 単純 is more neutral and can apply to logic, structure, or explanations too.
単純 means 'simple' in the sense of uncomplicated or even naive, sometimes carrying a negative nuance, whereas シンプル is more neutral and often positive.
単純 describes something uncomplicated or even naively simple, whereas 簡易 focuses on a practical, deliberately simplified version of something.
単純 describes something simple or uncomplicated in structure, while 平たい in this sense specifically refers to plain, easy-to-follow wording or explanation.
Opposites complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
単純 describes something simple and uncomplicated, the opposite of 凝った, which describes something elaborately worked out.
単純 describes something as simple or straightforward, the opposite quality to 複雑さ, the degree of being complicated.
Don't confuse with 単調 means 'monotonous, repetitive' (focused on tedium), while 単純 means 'simple' (focused on lack of complexity), though both start with the kanji 単.
単純 means 'simple' (in nature or complexity), whereas 単一 means 'single' (in number or composition); they share the kanji 単 but describe different qualities.
単純 means simple or uncomplicated, while 純粋 means pure or genuine; the two are often confused because they share the character 純 and similar sounds.
Etymology Composed of 単 (simple, single) and 純 (pure, genuine). The combination conveys the idea of something unadulterated and straightforward.
Show 5 more simple word; simplex
simple work; repetitive job; unskilled work; menial work
unskilled labor; simple labor; menial work
simple average; arithmetic mean
unconditional acceptance of an inheritance
