純然

• 読み: じゅんぜん
• ローマ字: junzen
• 漢字の分解: 純 (jun) — pure, unmixed; 然 (zen/nen) — natural state, being so
• 発音: /d͡ʑɯɴze̞ɴ/

意味

Pure; genuine; absolute; unmixed. Without any impurity, adulteration, or ambiguity.

A な-adjective (純然たる is a more literary form using たる) used to emphasise that something is purely and genuinely what it is, without any mixing or reservation. 純然たる事実 means an absolute fact. Often used with たる rather than な in formal prose.

例文

1. これは純然たる偶然の一致ではないと思う。
2. 彼の行動は純然たる善意から来ていた。
3. その主張は純然たる事実に基づいている。

使い方ガイド

場面: literary, academic, formal writing, philosophical

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 純 (pure, unmixed) and 然 (natural state, being so). 純然 together reinforces the idea of being purely and naturally what it is, with no mixture of anything else.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated