JLPT N2 · な-adjective

純粋 (junsui)

純粋 (じゅんすい, junsui) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “pure; true”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: じゅんすい
Romaji: junsui
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

pure; true; genuine; unmixed · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun

Example sentences

純粋に、ミクシィユーザーが言うところの「変な人」ってどんな人なのか、私にはいまいちわからないのだ。

It's simply that I don't really understand what an "oddball" is when said by a Mixi user.

Tatoeba #76027

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

Conjugation of 純粋

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	純粋だ	じゅんすいだ junsuida
Present (polite)	純粋です	じゅんすいです junsuidesu
Negative	純粋じゃない	じゅんすいじゃない junsuijanai
Past	純粋だった	じゅんすいだった junsuidatta
Negative past	純粋じゃなかった	じゅんすいじゃなかった junsuijanakatta
Te-form	純粋で	じゅんすいで junsuide
Before a noun	純粋な	じゅんすいな junsuina
Adverb (~ni)	純粋に	じゅんすいに junsuini

Kanji in 純粋

純

genuine, purity, innocenceジュン · 10 strokes

粋

chic, style, purityスイ・いき · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 純粋.

単純たんじゅんsimple純情じゅんじょうpure heart清純せいじゅんpurity粋いきchic粋すいessence

Source: JMdict entry 1341930 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.