洒しゃ落らく

しゃ

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く

Meanings

free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; frank

Describes a person's character or manner as unpretentious, broad-minded, and not overly concerned with formalities or small details. Often used positively for someone who is easygoing and straightforward.

彼かれは洒しゃ落らくな性せい格かくで、誰だれとでもすぐ仲なか良よくなる。
He has a free and easy personality and quickly becomes friends with anyone.
洒しゃ落らくに構かまえて、細こまかいことは気きにしない。
Take it easy and don't worry about the small stuff.

Usage patterns

洒しゃ落らくな人ひと柄がらan open-hearted, unpretentious personality
彼かれは洒しゃ落らくな人ひと柄がらで、誰だれからも好すかれている。
He has such a free and open-hearted personality that everyone likes him.
洒しゃ落らくに構かまえるto take a relaxed, unpretentious attitude toward things
彼かの女じょは何なに事ごとにも洒しゃ落らくに構かまえていて、細こまかいことにこだわらない。
She takes an easygoing attitude toward everything and doesn't fuss over small details.

Kanji

洒wash, sprinkle
落fall, drop, come down
灑sprinkle, wash, free and easy

Related words

気きさくN1
気さく and 洒落 both describe an easygoing, unpretentious personality, but 気さく is common in everyday speech while 洒落 is literary and rarely used.
おおらかN1
おおらか highlights a generous, big-hearted nature, while 洒落 focuses more narrowly on being unconstrained by formality and small details.
洒しゃ脱だつ
洒脱 describes a witty, urbane sophistication free of stuffiness, whereas 洒落 emphasizes plain-spoken, open-hearted candor rather than stylishness.

Opposites

堅かた苦くるしいN1
堅苦しい describes someone stiff and overly formal, the opposite of the relaxed, unpretentious manner conveyed by 洒落.

Don't confuse with

洒落しゃれN2
Written with the same kanji, 洒落 read しゃれ means 'a joke/pun' or 'stylish,' while 洒落 read しゃらく is a literary word for an open-hearted, easygoing personality.

Word family

しゃらくさい
impertinent; cheeky; impudent

Written forms

洒しゃ落らくUsage96%
Standard kanji spelling for this word.
シャラクUsage4%
灑しゃ落らく
Old or variant kanji form; rarely used in modern Japanese.

Etymology

A literary Sino-Japanese word from 洒落, describing an unrestrained, unaffected, or free-and-easy manner.