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jmdict 1399520 Active (id: 2218908)
爽やか [ichi1]
さわやか [ichi1]
1. [adj-na]
▶ fresh
▶ refreshing
▶ invigorating
▶ pleasant
▶ delightful
2. [adj-na]
▶ clear (voice)
▶ fluent (speech)
▶ eloquent



History:
10. A 2023-01-13 11:22:55  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
9. A* 2023-01-13 00:39:22  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, luminous, daij, meikyo
  Comments:
Not a noun.
  Diff:
@@ -14 +13,0 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -17,0 +17,2 @@
+<gloss>pleasant</gloss>
+<gloss>delightful</gloss>
@@ -21,3 +22,2 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<gloss>clear (e.g. voice)</gloss>
-<gloss>fluent</gloss>
+<gloss>clear (voice)</gloss>
+<gloss>fluent (speech)</gloss>
8. A 2023-01-12 01:10:33  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Not a common kanji but it's (now) jōyō.
  Diff:
@@ -15 +14,0 @@
-<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -23 +21,0 @@
-<misc>&uk;</misc>
7. A* 2023-01-11 22:10:41  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google web hits:
"爽やかな" - About 105,000,000 results 
"さわやかな" - About 10,900,000 results 

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬───────────┬───────╮
│ 爽やか   │ 4,021,057 │ 55.0% │
│ さわやか  │ 3,294,665 │ 45.0% │
├─ーーーーー─┼───────────┼───────┤
│ 爽やかな  │ 2,196,985 │ 60.8% │
│ さわやかな │ 1,414,369 │ 39.2% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴───────────┴───────╯

Examples on eij all use 爽やか

jpdb.io (corpus of thousands of novels, games, and television shows)
  爽やか:  81%
  さわやか: 18%
https://jpdb.io/vocabulary/1399520/爽やか/さわやか
  Comments:
I think the JEs got this one wrong. I almost always see this written in kanji
6. A 2019-10-17 23:52:47  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
no evidence of it in any source.  likely selected for the kanji's meaning and then given a gikun reading
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