Illustration: In a small Japanese apartment, an older woman settles at a low wooden table for rice, miso soup and one dish of vegetables. The room contains a neatly folded futon, a plain cupboard and a single cushion, all clean and carefully maintained.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

質しっ素そ

shisso

simple, plain

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれらは質素しっそな服装ふくそうをしていた。

    They were plainly dressed.

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  2. 私達わたしたちは質素しっそな食物しょくもつを食たべるのに慣なれている。

    We are used to eating plain food.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは質素しっそに暮くらした。

    He led a simple life.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 質素

  • 質substance; qualityOnシツ・シチ・チKunたち・ただす・もと
  • 素elementary; principleOnソ・スKunもと

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