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Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added. / Without ornamentation; plain. / Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward. / Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.

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simple

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈsɪmpəl/

Adjective

archaic colloquial euphemistic of a steam engine obsolete

Japanese Meaning

単純な、複雑でない / 飾り気のない、平凡な / ごまかしのない、純真で率直な / 社会的地位などに特別な区別がない

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She chose a simple design that was both elegant and functional.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は優雅で機能的な、簡素なデザインを選んだ。

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Sense（1）

Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.

[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?[…]

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Sense（2）

Without ornamentation; plain.

Sense（3）

Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.

Sense（4）

Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.

Sense（5）

(now rare) Trivial; insignificant.

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Sense（6）

(now colloquial, euphemistic) Feeble-minded; foolish.

Sense（7）

(chemistry, pharmacology) Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded.

Sense（8）

(mathematics) Of a group: having no normal subgroup.

Sense（9）

(botany) Not compound, but possibly lobed.

Sense（10）

(of a steam engine) Using steam only once in its cylinders, in contrast to a compound engine, where steam is used more than once in high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.