素 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 素意味

elementary, principle, naked, uncovered

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素 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

もと moto

KUNYOMI　訓読み

ソ so
ス su

Examples

どうやら、さっきのは演技ではなく、素だったらしい。

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

生粋のお嬢様だからな。残念ながら悪戯とかじゃなくてあれで素だ。

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

そ、そうじゃなくて、・・・素の自分、本当の私を必要としてくれる人がいるなんて、考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.

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遣 dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake

抗 confront, resist, defy, oppose

模 imitation, copy, mock

雄 masculine, male, hero, leader, superiority, excellence

益 benefit, gain, profit, advantage