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純粋 (じゅんすい, junsui) Japanese meaning: pure | Kotomora
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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
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This water is pure and contains no impurities at all.
His genuine feelings came through.
I enjoy mathematics purely for its own sake.
Usage patterns 純じゅん 粋すい な 〈 人ひと 〉 a pure-hearted / innocent person
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
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
He plays music purely because he loves it.
純じゅん 粋すい な 〈 物もの 〉 a pure, unadulterated substance
This is made of pure gold.
Kanji 純 genuine, purity, innocence Related words· 15 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.
無垢 emphasizes being untainted or flawless, almost saintly, while 純粋 is the everyday word for purity without that heightened tone.
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.
Show 11 more 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.
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.
純粋 stresses purity and genuineness in general, while 無邪気 specifically evokes a childlike lack of guile or worldly knowledge.
純粋 is the common, everyday word for 'pure', while 純一 is a literary term stressing uniformity and simplicity.
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.
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.
純粋 emphasizes something unmixed or innocent in nature, while 純正 stresses official authenticity or lack of adulteration, especially in commercial or academic contexts.
純粋 stresses being genuine and unmixed, whereas 清浄 stresses the absence of dirt or contamination.
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.
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.
すい
無む
垢く
pure and innocent; immaculate
