殺風景

さっぷうけい
tasteless
dreary
tastelessness

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さっぷうけい【殺風景】

¶ → 殺風景な

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さっぷうけい【殺風景】

～な 〔無風流な〕 tasteless; inartistic; inelegant; unrefined; vulgar; 〔もの寂しい〕 dreary 《sight》; bleak 《scene》; bare 《room》; 〔面白みのない〕 dull; drab; cheerless; humdrum 《life》.

●殺風景な景色 rough scenery; a bleak outlook

・殺風景な庭 a garden in bad taste; a drab garden

・花一輪で殺風景な部屋が明るくなった. A single flower brightened up the bare [cheerless] room.

・遊具が一つもない妙に殺風景な公園だったが, 子供たちが来るとたちまちそこは天国になるのであった. It was a strangely ordinary park, with nothing to play on, but when the children came, they turned it into a paradise.

・男所帯は殺風景なものだ. A bachelor's life is drab.

●工事現場は殺風景だから塀に絵でも描きましょう. The building site is pretty dull, so let's paint some pictures on the boarding.

・女性が一人もいない宴会は殺風景だ. A party with not a single woman present is a drag.

殺風景さ tastelessness; vulgarity; dreariness; dullness; drabness; cheerlessness.

●禅寺の殺風景さが俗世に疲れた私にはかえって心地よかった. Tired by the world, I felt even more refreshed by the drabness of the Zen temple.