Definify.com

Definition 2024


せいたん

せいたん

See also: せいだん

Japanese

Adjective

せいたん (-na inflection, romaji seitan)

  1. 清淡: clean and light, pure and clear

Noun

せいたん (romaji 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 (romaji seitan suru)

  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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9