磊らい落らく

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Meanings

Describes a personality that is broad-minded, unpretentious, and not bothered by small details. Often used in literary or formal contexts.

彼かれの磊らい落らくな人ひと柄がらに、誰だれもが好こう感かんを持もった。
Everyone liked his open-hearted personality.
磊らい落らくな態たい度どで、細こまかいことは気きにしない。
With a free and easy attitude, he doesn't worry about small things.

Kanji

磊many stones
落fall, drop, come down

Related words

寛かん大だい
寛大 means 'generous' or 'tolerant', often in a forgiving or magnanimous sense, while 磊落 emphasizes a carefree, unconstrained openness.
さっぱり
さっぱり is a more common, everyday word for 'frank' or 'uncomplicated', whereas 磊落 is more literary and describes a grander, more magnanimous character.

Word family

豪ごう放ほう磊らい落らく
broad-minded; big-hearted; magnanimous

Written forms

磊らい落らくUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling. The character 磊 is not a Jōyō kanji, so the word may sometimes be written in kana.
らい落らく
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, used when the first kanji is difficult or unavailable.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese word from Chinese 磊落, originally describing stones standing out distinctly and figuratively a person whose character is open, frank, and unconstrained.