軽薄

Japanese

Kanji in this term
軽 薄
けい
Grade: 3
はく
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
輕薄 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Adjective

軽(けい)薄(はく) • (keihaku) -na (adnominal 軽(けい)薄(はく)な (keihaku na), adverbial 軽(けい)薄(はく)に (keihaku ni))

  1. shallow, intellectually lightweight, superficial
  2. inconsiderate, flippant
    彼(かれ)の軽薄(けいはく)なコメントは不評(ふひょう)を買(か)った。
    Kare no keihaku na komento wa fuhyō o katta.
    His inconsiderate comments stirred up controversy.

Inflection

Noun

軽(けい)薄(はく) • (keihaku) 

  1. shallowness
  2. flippancy

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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