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派手 (はで): showy, flashy, gaudy — Japanese vocabulary

派手 is read はで and means "showy, flashy, gaudy". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

派手

Reading
はで · hade
Translation
showy, flashy, gaudy
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
はでが

Example

このネクタイは派手すぎますよ。

このネクタイははですぎますよ。

I'm afraid this tie is too loud.

Kanji in this word

  • 派 — faction, send
  • 手 — hand

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