浅薄

See also: 淺薄

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 浅薄 – see 淺薄 (“superficial; shallow; skin-deep”). (This term is the simplified form of 淺薄).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
浅	薄
Grade: 4	Grade: S

Alternative spelling
淺薄 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) 淺薄

Etymology

From 浅 (sen, “shallow”) + 薄 (paku, “thin”).

Adjective

浅薄(せんぱく) • (senpaku) 

1. shallow; disapproving a person, piece of work, or idea because of lack of any serious or careful thought.

浅薄(せんぱく) • (senpaku) ^†-nari

• Nari Declension (ナリ活用)

1. shallow; disapproving a person, piece of work, or idea because of lack of any serious or careful thought.
   • 1911, Inazō Nitobe, Shūyō (修養, Cultivation of the mind):

     ..., ただ偶爾の随感随想を述べたるに過ぎざれば、自ら浅薄なりと思う点も多く、...

     ..., tada gūji no zuikan-zuisō o nobetaru-ni sugizareba, mizukara senpaku-nari to omou ten mo ōku, ...

Derived terms

• 皮相浅薄 (ひそうせんぱく, hisō-senpaku): shallow