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陳腐ちんぷ (chinpu)

old-fashioned; trite

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Meaning

陳腐 (ちんぷ, chinpu) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “old-fashioned; trite”.

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Example sentences 11

彼かれは陳腐ちんぷな言い訳いいわけばかりしている

He is always giving worn-out excuses.

あの本は実に陳腐だ.

That book is pure corn.

その発想は使われすぎて陳腐だ.

That idea has been flogged to death.

彼らの会話は陳腐な言葉ばかりだ。

Their conversation is filled with banalities.

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