naivete; innocence; artlessness
Describes a pure, unspoiled, and childlike innocence, often implying a lack of worldly experience or guile. Frequently used in the phrase 天真爛漫 (てんしんらんまん).
彼女の天真爛漫な笑顔に心が和んだ。
Her innocent and artless smile was heartwarming.
彼の天真な性格は、時に無防備すぎるよう
His naive personality sometimes seems overly defenseless.
innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike
natural expression of one's true self; unaffected sincerity
Composed of 天 (heaven, nature) and 真 (truth, reality), suggesting an innate, heaven-sent purity. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the compound is conventionally associated with natural, unadorned innocence.