純白|じゅんぱくjunpaku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjective, no-adjectivepure white; snow white
    彼女かのじょは結婚式けっこんしきのために純白じゅんぱくのドレスを着きていた。↗
    She was dressed all in white for the wedding.
Conjugation
Plain form純白(じゅんぱく)
Polite (desu)純白です(じゅんぱくです)
Negative (dewa nai)純白ではない(じゅんぱくではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)純白ではありません(じゅんぱくではありません)
Past (datta)純白だった(じゅんぱくだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)純白ではなかった(じゅんぱくではなかった)
Te form (de)純白で(じゅんぱくで)
Adverbial (ni)純白に(じゅんぱくに)
Conditional (nara)純白なら(じゅんぱくなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related清いきよいNeutralA native adjective for cleanness, honesty and innocence with very wide uses; unlike 「純白」 it does not centre on the colour snow-white.
  • Related純情じゅんじょうNeutralPure-hearted innocence, typically said of someone in love; unlike 「純白」 it is not about the colour white.
  • Related純真じゅんしんNeutralInnocence and naivety of body and mind; the stress falls on being unspoilt rather than on the snow-white colour of 「純白」.
  • Related清純せいじゅんNeutralPurity and innocence, often used of a young girl's image; unlike 「純白」 it does not centre on the colour white.
  • RelatedピュアNeutralA loanword for pure or innocent with a fashionable feel; unlike 「純白」 it does not centre on the colour white.
  • Related無垢むくNeutralInnocence and purity, stressing a heart unstained by the world; unlike 「純白」 it is not about the colour white.
  • Related純潔じゅんけつNeutralPurity with no stain, and it can specifically mean chastity; 「純白」 stresses the snow-white colour itself or a spotless white used figuratively.
  • Related白妙しろたえWrittenWhite cloth or the colour white; an elegant, archaic word often used as a pillow word (makurakotoba) in waka, unlike the plainer 「純白」.
  • Related純一無雑じゅんいつむざつWrittenA four-character written phrase for being unadulterated and pure in heart; literary in register, unlike the colour-focused 「純白」.
  • Related白みしろみNeutralThe white part of something, or how white it looks; it stresses a whitish tinge or degree rather than the pure white of 「純白」.
  • Antonym漆黒しっこくWrittenJet-black with a glossy sheen; the written-style antonym that stands opposite to 「純白」.
  • Antonym真っ黒まっくろNeutralCompletely black; the everyday antonym of 「純白」, common in speech.

Use 「純白」 for snow-white or spotless white, literal or figurative, as in 「純白のドレス」「純白の心」. For purity or chastity say 「純潔」; for innocence 「純真」 or 「無垢」. 「清い」 covers cleanness broadly, 「純情」 suits someone in love, 「清純」 a girl's image, 「ピュア」 is trendy, 「白み」 a whitish tinge, and 「白妙」「純一無雑」 are literary. Antonyms: 「漆黒」 (written) and 「真っ黒」 (colloquial).

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Japanese definitions
  1. 全まったく白しろいこと。真白まっしろ。真っ白まっしろ。
  2. 汚よごれがなく、自然しぜんのままで潔白けっぱくであること。
  3. まったく白しろいさま。
  4. 汚よごれがなく、自然しぜんのままで潔白けっぱくであるさま。
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