爛漫

See also: 烂漫

Chinese
 
rotten, spoiled, decayed; well-cooked, overcooked, soft, mushy; broken, fragmented, shattered; low-quality, poor, lousy; to rot, decay, decompose, spoil; completely
 free; unrestrained; inundate
trad. (爛漫) 爛 漫
simp. (烂漫) 烂 漫
variant forms 爛熳／烂熳
爛縵／烂缦

Pronunciation

Adjective

爛漫

  1. bright-coloured
  2. natural; unaffected
  3. scattered; disordered

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
爛 漫
らん
Hyōgaiji		 まん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɾã̠mːã̠ɴ]

Adjective

爛漫 (hiragana らんまん, rōmaji ranman)

  1. the way in which many flowers are in bloom
    • 1928: Sakura no ki no shita ni wa (Kajii Motojirō)
      お前 (まえ)、この爛 (らん)漫 (まん)と咲 (さ)き乱 (みだ)れてゐる桜 (さくら)の樹 (き)の下 (した)へ、一 (ひと)つ一 (ひと)つ屍 (し)体 (たい)が埋 (う)まつてゐると想像 (さうざう)して見 (み)るがいい。
      Omae, kono ranman to sakimidareteiru sakura no ki no shita e, hitotsu hitotsu shitai ga umatteiru to sōzō shite miru ga ii.
      (please add an English translation of this example)
  2. the way in which light sparkles

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