1.
pure; net; unmixed; genuine
Prefix attached to nouns to mean either "pure / unmixed" (free of impurities or qualifications) or "net" (after subtracting other amounts). The financial "net" sense is common in business and accounting.
Bound prefix; almost never appears alone. Carries two related senses depending on the following word: "unmixed/genuine" with nouns of kind or origin, and "net" with financial amounts.
Compounds
- 純利益: net profit
- 純売上: net sales
- 純国産: purely domestic
- 純文学: pure literature (literary fiction)
- 純日本風: purely Japanese style
- 純金: pure gold
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純粋 (pure)