JLPT N1 · な-adjective

簡潔 (kanketsu)

簡潔 (かんけつ, kanketsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “concise; brief”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かんけつ
Romaji: kanketsu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

concise; brief; succinct; compact (style) · な-adjective

Example sentences

簡潔は機知の精髄。

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 簡潔

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	簡潔だ	かんけつだ kanketsuda
Present (polite)	簡潔です	かんけつです kanketsudesu
Negative	簡潔じゃない	かんけつじゃない kanketsujanai
Past	簡潔だった	かんけつだった kanketsudatta
Negative past	簡潔じゃなかった	かんけつじゃなかった kanketsujanakatta
Te-form	簡潔で	かんけつで kanketsude
Before a noun	簡潔な	かんけつな kanketsuna
Adverb (~ni)	簡潔に	かんけつに kanketsuni

Kanji in 簡潔

簡

simplicity, brevityカン・ケン・えら.ぶ・ふだ · 18 strokes

潔

undefiled, pure, cleanケツ・いさぎよ.い · 15 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 簡潔.

簡単かんたんsimple簡易かんいsimple簡素かんそsimple清潔せいけつclean不潔ふけつunclean

Source: JMdict entry 1214290 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.