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純粋

じゅんすい

pure, unmixed, genuine; innocent, sincere in motive

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Examples

  1. これは純粋な水です。

    これはじゅんすいなみずです。

    This is pure water.

  2. 彼の気持ちは純粋だと思う。

    かれのきもちはじゅんすいだとおもう。

    I think his feelings are sincere.

  3. 純粋に、みんなが楽しめる会にしたいだけです。

    じゅんすいに、みんながたのしめるかいにしたいだけです。

    I simply want it to be a gathering everyone can enjoy — nothing more.

Common patterns

純粋な気持ち
sincere feelings
純粋に〜する
to do purely out of ~
純粋な日本語
pure, unmixed Japanese

Memory tip

It covers both chemical purity and purity of motive. As an adverb, 純粋に means "purely out of ~, and nothing else". Don't swap it for 素直, which is about being receptive and honest rather than unmixed.

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