I Love Kanji単純 (tanjun)
単純 (たんじゅん, tanjun) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “simple; plain”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たんじゅん
- Romaji
- tanjun
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 単純
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 単純だ | たんじゅんだ tanjunda |
| Present (polite) | 単純です | たんじゅんです tanjundesu |
| Negative | 単純じゃない | たんじゅんじゃない tanjunjanai |
| Past | 単純だった | たんじゅんだった tanjundatta |
| Negative past | 単純じゃなかった | たんじゅんじゃなかった tanjunjanakatta |
| Te-form | 単純で | たんじゅんで tanjunde |
| Before a noun | 単純な | たんじゅんな tanjunna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 単純に | たんじゅんに tanjunni |
Kanji in 単純
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 単純.
簡単かんたんsimple単位たんいunit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.)単語たんごword単にたんにsimply単なるたんなるmere単数たんすうsingle単一たんいつsingle単調たんちょうmonotony単独たんどくsole純情じゅんじょうpure heart純粋じゅんすいpure清純せいじゅんpurity
Source: JMdict entry 1417550 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.