| Kanji | 無 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ム、ブ |
| Kunyomi | な.い |
| English | nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not |
| Examples | 無料(むりょう): free; no charge 間も無く(まもなく): (1) soon; before long; in a short time (2) (after verb) lacking time to ...; without time to ... 無理(むり): unreasonable; impossible; overdoing 無線(むせん): wireless; radio 無効(むこう): invalid; no effect; unavailable; illegal 有無(うむ): (1) existence or nonexistence; presence or absence (2) consent or refusal; yes or no (3) flag indicator; presence or absence marker 無事(ぶじ): safety; peace; quietness 無言(むごん): silence 無断(むだん): without permission; without notice 無数(むすう): countless number; infinite number; innumerable 無用(むよう): useless; futility; needlessness; unnecessariness 無限(むげん): infinite 無視(むし): disregard; ignore 無駄(むだ): futility; uselessness; pointlessness 無難(ぶなん): safety; security 無駄遣い(むだづかい): wasting ... on (e.g. money); squandering; waste; frittering away 無論(むろん): of course; naturally ご無沙汰(ごぶさた): not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence 無邪気(むじゃき): innocence; simple-mindedness 無口(むくち): reticence; taciturnity 無知(むち): ignorance; innocence; stupidity 無念(むねん): (1) chagrin; regret (2) free from obstructive thoughts 台無し(だいなし): mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing 無地(むじ): plain; unfigured 無能(むのう): inefficiency; incompetence 無意味(むいみ): nonsense; no meaning; meaningless 無礼(ぶれい): impolite; rude 無くす(なくす): (1) to lose something (2) to get rid of (3) to lose someone (wife, child, etc.) 無し(なし): without 無茶(むちゃ): absurd; unreasonable; excessive; rash; absurdity; nonsense 無い(ない): (1) nonexistent; not being (there) (2) unpossessed; unowned; not had (3) unique (4) indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility (5) (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective) not ... (6) (after the -te form of a verb) to not be...; to have not ... 無くなる(なくなる): to disappear; to get lost 無闇に(むやみに): unreasonably; absurdly; recklessly; indiscreetly; at random 無茶苦茶(むちゃくちゃ): (1) nonsensical; unreasonable; absurd; unrealistic (2) awfully; extremely; to excess; senseless; reckless (3) disorder; confusion; being jumbled; being mixed up だらし無い(だらしない): slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined; careless とんでも無い(とんでもない): (1) unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive (2) absolutely not!; not at all!; far from it!; impossible!; preposterous!; what a thing to say!; no way!; bullshit (3) don't mention it; you're welcome 感無量(かんむりょう): deep feeling; inexpressible feeling; filled with emotion 仕様が無い(しようがない): it can't be helped; it is inevitable; nothing can be done 無沙汰(ぶさた): not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence 無(む): (1) nothing; naught; nought; nil; zero (2) un-; non- 無(ぶ): (1) un-; non- (2) bad ...; poor ... |
| JLPT Level | 2 |
| Jouyou Grade | 4 |
| Frequency | 274 |
| Components | 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 一: one; one radical (no.1) 火: fire |
| Number of Strokes | 12 |
| Kanji Radical | 火 |
| Radical Number | 86 |
| Radical Strokes | 4 |
| Radical Reading | ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 仮借 Loan |
| Keyword | nothingness |
| Koohii Story 1 | When I enter the wooden tub heated by flames in the onsen, I can let all my worries slip away and be submerged into nothingness. |
| Koohii Story 2 | In a hot tub you can relax and have your stress vanish into nothingness. |
Tags: jlpt.n2, grade4, kanjifreq251-500
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