Illustration: Behind the curtain of a small Japanese theater, an adult performer has just stepped out of a formal stage pose. Their elaborate outer costume lies across a chair, but their face is unchanged; the difference is in the suddenly relaxed body and uninhibited laugh.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

素す

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one’s natural self

Here 素 means how someone is without putting on an act. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. どうやら、さっきのは演技えんぎではなく、素すだったらしい。

    It seems like that she wasn’t acting back then; they were her real feelings.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. そ、そうじゃなくて、・・・ 素すの自分じぶん、本当ほんとうの私わたしを必要ひつようとしてくれる人ひとがいるなんて、考かんがえたこともありませんでしたから。

    N-no it’s not that ... it’s that there could be someone who would need me for what I am, for my true self, I hadn’t even thought of that possibility.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼女かのじょはカメラの前まえでも素すで話はなす。

    She speaks naturally even in front of a camera.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 素

  • 素elementary; principleOnソ・スKunもと

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