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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

素そ朴ぼく

soboku

simple, unpretentious, naive

Example sentences

  1. 素朴そぼくな疑問ぎもんなんだけど、・・・トラとライオンはどっちが強つよいの？

    This may be a silly question, but which is stronger - a tiger or a lion?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. マリーは素朴そぼくな学生がくせいだ。

    Marie is a naive student.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ここに描えがかれた絵画かいがは非常ひじょうに素朴そぼくな様式ようしきのものである。

    All pictures on these scrolls were done in a very simple style.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 素朴

  • 素elementary; principleOnソ・スKunもと
  • 朴crude; simpleOnボクKunほう・ほお・えのき

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