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State & Condition

のっぺり

nopperi

Flat / featureless

Lacking definition, features, or character. Describes a flat face, a bland landscape, or a monotonous surface.

💡Driving through flat farmland — 'The landscape was nopperi with nothing in sight.'

Example

のっぺりとした顔で表情が読めない。

His nopperi flat face made it impossible to read his expression.

Quiz yourself

The building's ___ concrete walls gave it a cold, institutional feel.

○○としたコンクリートの壁が冷たい印象を与えた。

flatfeaturelessblandmonotonoussmooth
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