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素す

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Meanings

Noun

1. one's nature; one's feelings; oneself

No-adjective

2. plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel

Prefix

4. exceedingly (before an adjective)

Other spellings

す

Kanji used

素elementary

Pitch accent

す

Used in vocabulary

素す振ぶり

practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)

Noun

素す通どおり

passing through without stopping; passing by

Noun

素す焼やき

unglazed pottery; bisque; bisque firing; biscuit ware; roasting or grilling without seasoning (seafood, nuts, etc.); simple okonomiyaki without any extra ingredients

Noun

素す泊どまり

staying overnight without meals (at a hotel, etc.); bed without board

Noun

素す読よみ

reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it; reading a second draft without checking it against the original

Noun

素す通どおし

transparent; plain (glass or glasses)

Noun

素す干ぼし

drying in the shade

Noun

素す浪ろう人にん

poor or lowly masterless samurai

Noun

素す語がたり

reciting without samisen accompaniment

Noun

素す潜もぐり

skin diving; free diving

Noun

素す揚あげ

deep-frying without breading or batter; food deep-fried without breading or batter

Noun

素す無む視し

passing one by (without noticing); inadvertently ignoring

Noun

Examples4

どうやら、さっきのは演えん技ぎではなく、素すだったらしい。

It seems like that she wasn't acting back then; they were her real feelings.

生粋きっすいのお嬢じょう様さまだからな。残ざん念ねんながら悪戯いたずらとかじゃなくてあれで素すだ。

She's pure bred blue-blood you see. Unfortunately that's no sort of put-on but her natural self.

べスは彼かれと知しり合あいになることを期き待たいしたが、彼かれは現あらわれなかった。

Beth was looking forward to meeting him, but he never showed up.

そ、そうじゃなくて、・・・　素すの自じ分ぶん、本ほん当とうの私わたしを必ひつ要ようとしてくれる人ひとがいるなんて、考かんがえたこともありませんでしたから。

N-no it's not that ... it's that there could be someone who would need me for what I am, for my true self, I hadn't even thought of that possibility.