adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. light (color, color, taste), simple, plain.
  2. frank, candid, ingenuous, indifferent.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
淡泊 たんぱく
淡白 たんぱく
澹泊 たんぱく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

thin, faint, pale
あわ.い タン (7th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
inflammation, flame, blaze
ほのお エン ぬく (8th, N1)
fire
ひ カ ほ- (1st, N5)
to divide
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
overnight stay, put up at, ride at anchor
と.まる ハク とまり (7th, N2)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
white
しろ ハク しら- (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)