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軽薄

軽薄

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けい
Grade: 3
はく
Grade: S
on'yomi

Adjectival noun

軽薄 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 輕薄, -na inflection, hiragana けいはく, romaji keihaku)

  1. shallow, intellectually lightweight, superficial
  2. inconsiderate, flippant
    軽薄なコメントは不評を買った
    かれのけいはくなこめんとはふふょうをかった。
    kare no keihaku na komento wa fuhyō o katta.
    His inconsiderate comments stirred up controversy.

Inflection

Noun

軽薄 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 輕薄, hiragana けいはく, romaji keihaku)

  1. shallowness
  2. flippancy