薄はく情じょう

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

na-adjective, noun

unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted

Describes a person or attitude lacking warmth, sympathy, or compassion; often used to criticize someone's cold behavior.

彼かれは薄はく情じょうな態たい度どをとった。
He took a cold-hearted attitude.
そんな薄はく情じょうなことを言いわないで。
Don't say such heartless things.

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Kanji

薄dilute, thin, weak (tea)
情feelings, emotion, passion

Related words

無む情じょうN1
薄情 describes someone who is fickle or ungrateful in personal relationships, while 無情 describes a broader indifference to suffering in any situation.
冷れい淡たんN1
薄情 stresses a lack of natural human feeling or gratitude toward others, while 冷淡 more broadly describes a cold, detached attitude or response.
つれないN1
薄情 describes a heartless or unsympathetic disposition in general, whereas つれない usually refers to a specific cold act or response toward someone.

Word family

薄はく情じょう者もの
insensitive person; cold-hearted person

Written forms

薄はく情じょうUsage96%
Standard kanji spelling.
はくじょうUsage4%

Etymology

Compound of 薄 (thin, light) and 情 (emotion, feeling), literally 'thin feelings', conveying a lack of deep emotional warmth.