爛漫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
爛	漫

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ranman]

Alternative forms

• 爛熳

Adjective

爛漫 (hiragana らんまん, romaji ranman)

1. the way in which many flowers are in bloom
   • 1928: Sakura no ki no shita niwa (Kajii Motojirō)

     お前、この爛漫と咲き乱れてゐる桜の樹の下へ、一つ一つ屍体が埋まつてゐると想像して見るがいい。何が俺をそんなに不安にしてゐたかがお前には納得が行くだらう。

2. the way in which light sparkles

See also

• 天真爛漫 (tenshin ranman)