せいたん

See also: せいだん

Japanese

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) せーたん [sèétáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [se̞ːtã̠ɴ]

Adjective

せいたん • (seitan) -na (adnominal せいたんな (seitan na na), adverbial せいたんに (seitan ni ni))

  1. 清淡: clean and light, pure and clear

Noun

せいたん • (seitan) 

  1. 成端: termination (as at the end of a cable or wire)
  2. 正旦: New Years day; (more specifically) New Years morning
  3. 生誕: birth, nativity; the first appearance of something
  4. 西端: the western edge of something
  5. 清淡: cleanliness and lightness, purity and clarity
  6. 聖誕: the birthday of a sage, holy man, or imperial prince
  7. 製炭: charcoal production, the making of charcoal

Verb

せいたんする • (seitan suru) suru (stem せいたんし (seitan suru shi), past せいたんした (seitan suru shita))

  1. 成端: to terminate a cable or wire, to put a terminal on the end of a cable or wire
  2. 生誕: to give birth to someone or something
  3. 製炭: to make charcoal

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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