純じゅん粋すい

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

Describes something free from adulteration, falsehood, or ulterior motives. Used for substances, feelings, motives, and people. Can carry a positive nuance of innocence or sincerity.

この水みずは純じゅん粋すいで、不ふ純じゅん物ぶつが一いっ切さい含ふくまれていない。
This water is pure and contains no impurities at all.
彼かれの純じゅん粋すいな気き持もちが伝つたわってきた。
His genuine feelings came through.
純じゅん粋すいに数すう学がくを楽たのしんでいる。
I enjoy mathematics purely for its own sake.

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Usage patterns

純じゅん粋すいな〈人ひと〉a pure-hearted / innocent person
彼かの女じょは純じゅん粋すいな人ひとで、人ひとを疑うたがうことを知しらない。
She is a pure-hearted person who never doubts anyone.
純じゅん粋すいな気き持もちa genuine, unmixed feeling
彼かれの言こと葉ばには純じゅん粋すいな気き持もちがこもっていた。
His words were filled with genuine feeling.
純じゅん粋すいに〈動どう詞し〉to do something purely/solely for a reason
彼かれは純じゅん粋すいに音おん楽がくが好すきで演えん奏そうしている。
He plays music purely because he loves it.
純じゅん粋すいな〈物もの〉a pure, unadulterated substance
これは純じゅん粋すいな金きんでできている。
This is made of pure gold.

Kanji

純genuine, purity, innocence
粋chic, style, purity

Related words· 15

純じゅん真しん
純真 focuses on a person's innocent, naive character, while 純粋 is broader and can describe substances, motives, or feelings as well as people.
清せい純じゅんN1
清純 describes moral or physical purity with a nuance of chastity, often for young women, whereas 純粋 is a more general term for purity of any kind.
無む垢く
無垢 emphasizes being untainted or flawless, almost saintly, while 純粋 is the everyday word for purity without that heightened tone.
純じゅん度ど
純粋 usually describes abstract purity, like a pure heart or motive, while 純度 is a measurable, quantitative degree of purity in a substance.

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生きN1
純粋 is used for abstract purity (e.g. of motives or substances), while 生（き） specifically marks a physical substance as unprocessed or undiluted.
ピュア
純粋 is the native Japanese word for purity, often used in formal or technical contexts, while ピュア is a loanword with a lighter, more emotional or trendy feel.
無む邪じゃ気きN2
純粋 stresses purity and genuineness in general, while 無邪気 specifically evokes a childlike lack of guile or worldly knowledge.
純じゅん一いつ
純粋 is the common, everyday word for 'pure', while 純一 is a literary term stressing uniformity and simplicity.
ナイーブ
純粋 praises someone as genuinely pure-hearted, while ナイーブ can carry a hint that the person is naive or easily hurt because of their innocence.
純じゅんN1
純粋 is the everyday, versatile word for 'pure' (both of people and of substances), while 純 as a standalone adjective is rarer and more literary.
純じゅん正せい
純粋 emphasizes something unmixed or innocent in nature, while 純正 stresses official authenticity or lack of adulteration, especially in commercial or academic contexts.
清せい浄じょう
純粋 stresses being genuine and unmixed, whereas 清浄 stresses the absence of dirt or contamination.
清きよらかN1
純粋 emphasizes moral or emotional purity (e.g. sincere motives), while 清らか adds a poetic sense of untainted beauty to that purity.
清きよいN2
純粋 focuses on being unmixed or genuine in feeling or motive, while 清い more often describes a clean, untainted physical or moral state.
純じゅん情じょうN2
純粋 describes purity or genuineness in general (e.g. 純粋な気持ち), while 純情 specifically implies a youthful, romantic kind of innocence.

Opposites

不ふ純じゅんN1
不純 means impure or mixed with ulterior motives, the direct opposite of 純粋 which means pure and genuine.

Don't confuse with

単たん純じゅんN3
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.

Word family· 8

純じゅん粋すい培ばい養よう
pure culture; axenic culture
純じゅん粋すい想そう起き
unaided recall; pure recall
純じゅん粋すい数すう学がく
pure mathematics
純じゅん粋すい無む垢く
pure and innocent; immaculate
純じゅん粋すい理り性せい
pure reason

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純じゅん粋すい経けい験けん
pure experience
純じゅん粋すい関かん数すう
pure function
純じゅん粋すい菜さい食しょく主しゅ義ぎ
pure vegetarianism; veganism

Etymology

Compound of 純 (pure, unmixed) and 粋 (pure, refined). The combination reinforces the idea of absolute purity. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji components are conventionally associated with the meaning.