Illustration: In a small Japanese apartment, a host sets lunch on a plain wooden table: rice, soup, grilled fish and ordinary ceramic dishes. The room is clean and comfortable, with a single shelf and an unadorned curtain.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

簡かん素そ

kanso

simple, plain, modest

Example sentences

彼女かのじょは簡素かんそなドレスを着きていた。
She wore a simple dress.
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その式典しきてんは簡素かんそだった。
The ceremony was simple.
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彼かれは簡素かんそな生活せいかつを送おくった。
He lived a simple life.
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Kanji in 簡素

簡simplicity; brevityOnカン・ケンKunえらぶ・ふだ
素elementary; principleOnソ・スKunもと

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