天真爛漫

See also: 天真烂漫

Chinese

naive; innocent; artless
trad. (天真爛漫/天眞爛漫) 天真/天眞 爛漫
simp. (天真烂漫) 天真 烂漫

Pronunciation


Idiom

天真爛漫

  1. innocent and unaffected; simple and artless

Japanese

Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1
しん
Grade: 3
らん
Hyōgaiji
まん
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
天眞爛漫 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 天真 + 爛漫.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んしんらんまん [tèńshíń ráńmáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞ɰ̃ɕĩn ɾã̠mːã̠ɴ]

Adjective

(てん)(しん)(らん)(まん) • (tenshin ranman) -na (adnominal (てん)(しん)(らん)(まん) (tenshin ranman na), adverbial (てん)(しん)(らん)(まん) (tenshin ranman ni))

  1. innocent, simple
    Synonym: 天衣無縫
  2. unsophisticated, artless

Inflection

Noun

(てん)(しん)(らん)(まん) • (tenshin ranman) 

  1. innocence
  2. unsophistication, naïveté

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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