不純

See also: 不純物

Japanese
Kanji in this term
不 純
ふ
Grade: 4		 じゅん
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

不(ふ)純(じゅん) • (fujun) -na (adnominal 不(ふ)純(じゅん)な (fujun na), adverbial 不(ふ)純(じゅん)に (fujun ni))

  1. adulterated, impure
    不(ふ)純(じゅん)な物(もの)
    fujun na mono
    impure material
    Antonym: 純粋 (junsui)
    • 1985, Masahiro Oki, Ikite iru shūkyō no hakken [Discovery of living religion], page 122:
      しかし、これは最(もっと)も不(ふ)純(じゅん)な愛(あい)です。純(じゅん)粋(すい)か不(ふ)純(じゅん)かは、無(む)条(じょう)件(けん)な心(こころ)であるかどうかでわかります。
      Shikashi, kore wa mottomo fujun na ai desu. Junsui ka fujun ka wa, mujōken na kokoro de aru ka dō ka de wakarimasu.
      But this is a most impure love. We can tell whether it is unadulterated or impure by whether it is unconditional.
  2. insincere, corrupt, impure
    不(ふ)純(じゅん)な動(どう)機(き)
    fujun na dōki
    corrupt motives
    Antonym: 純真 (junshin)
    • 1930, Bungei to shinri bunseki [Art and psychoanalysis]‎, page 563:
      不(ふ)純(じゅん)であるが、しかも有(ゆう)用(よう)な科(か)學(がく)といふものがある。
      Fujun de aru ga, shikamo yūyō na kagaku to iu mono ga aru.
      There is such a thing as science that is corrupt but nonetheless useful.

Noun

不(ふ)純(じゅん) • (fujun) 

  1. impurity, the state of being impure or adulterated
  2. insincerity, the state of being insincere or dishonest
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