JLPT N1 · な-adjective

露骨 (rokotsu)

露骨 (ろこつ, rokotsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “open; unconcealed”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ろこつ
Romaji: rokotsu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

open; unconcealed; undisguised; blatant; plain · な-adjective, noun
broad; lewd; indecent; crude · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

露骨に嫌な顔をして、彼を睨みつけた。

I glared at him with a blatant look of disapproval on my face.

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

Conjugation of 露骨

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	露骨だ	ろこつだ rokotsuda
Present (polite)	露骨です	ろこつです rokotsudesu
Negative	露骨じゃない	ろこつじゃない rokotsujanai
Past	露骨だった	ろこつだった rokotsudatta
Negative past	露骨じゃなかった	ろこつじゃなかった rokotsujanakatta
Te-form	露骨で	ろこつで rokotsude
Before a noun	露骨な	ろこつな rokotsuna
Adverb (~ni)	露骨に	ろこつに rokotsuni

Kanji in 露骨

露

dew, tears, exposeロ・ロウ・つゆ · 21 strokes

骨

skeleton, bone, remainsコツ・ほね · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 露骨.

露つゆdew暴露ばくろdisclosure骨ほねbone骨折こっせつbone fracture骨董品こっとうひんcurio

Source: JMdict entry 1560120 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.