さっぱり

• (Tokyo) さっぱり [sàppáꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠p̚pa̠ɾʲi]

さっぱり • (sappari)  (optionally as さっぱりと (sappari to)) (ideophonic)

1. refreshed; relieved

   気(き)がさっぱりした ― ki ga sappari shita ― feeling refreshed

2. clear; clean; neat; trim

   さっぱり(と)した身(み)なり ― sappari (to) shita minari ― dressed neatly

3. plain; light
4. entirely; (chiefly in the negative) at all

   さっぱり分(わか)らない ― sappari wakaranai ― having no idea of

   • 1915 September 8, 旭新聞 (Asahi Shinbun) [The Asahi News], number 3240, page 1:

     […] 日(に)本(ほん)語(ご)も英(えい)語(ご)も却(なか)々(なか)うまいが琉(りう)球(きう)語(ご)と來(き)ては薩(さつ)張(ぱり)駄(だ)目(め)

     […] Nihongo mo Eigo mo nakanaka umai ga Ryūkyūgo to kite wa sappari dame

     […] He speaks Japanese and English well, but when it comes to Ryukyuan, he cannot speak a word of it.

5. (concluding a sentence) completely not good, useless, etc.

   売上(うりあげ)がさっぱりだ ― uriage ga sappari da ― it doesn't sell well

Takes 〜する as a verb.