さっぱり

[sapari]

Definitions

1.adverb (fukushi); adverb taking the 'to' particle

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved

2.adverb (fukushi); adverb taking the 'to' particle

neat; tidy; clean

3.adverb (fukushi); adverb taking the 'to' particle

frank; open-hearted; plain; simple; light

4.adverb (fukushi); adverb taking the 'to' particle

completely; entirely

5.adverb (fukushi)

not in the least (with neg. verb); not at all

6.adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

nothing at all; completely useless; hopeless; awful

シャワーを浴びあびてさっぱりした。

I took a shower and felt refreshed.

美容びよう院いんで長くながく伸びのびた髪かみをさっぱり短くみじかく切っきってもらい、鏡かがみの中なかの自分じぶんが一いち回りまわり若くわかく見えるみえる気きがした。

At the salon, she had her long-grown hair trimmed neatly short, and the self in the mirror seemed to her a touch younger than before.

さっぱりした味あじのスープを飲んのんだ。

I drank a refreshing-tasting soup.