澄ます (すます): to clear, to make clear, to listen for — Japanese vocabulary
澄ます is read すます and means "to clear, to make clear, to listen for". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
澄ます
- Reading
- すます · sumasu
- Translation
- to clear, to make clear, to listen for
- Level
- JLPT N1
- Pitch accent
- すますが
Example
あの社長秘書はいつも澄ましている。
あのしゃちょうひしょはいつもすましている。
That president's secretary is always prim.
Kanji in this word
- 澄 — Lucidity, Be Clear, Clear
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