syohoteki
elementary, basic, rudimentary
I get the sense that this was used to translate Sherlock Holmes' utterance: It's elementary!, because the detective and her assistant in the work I am translating now use it now and then in an almost referential way.
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- Brian Watson
- Photographer and professionally-trained graphic designer working as a Japanese to English translator, and a bi-directional interpreter. Married to a wonderful man.
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