Word · 単語
澄ます
Reading すます
to clear
- 1 to clear, to make clear
- 2 to be unruffled, to look unconcerned, to feign indifference
- 3 to look demure, to look prim, to put on airs
- 4 to strain (one's ears), to listen carefully
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
あの社長秘書はいつも澄ましている。
That president's secretary is always prim.