See also: 不可思议

Chinese edit

cannot; should not; must not to imagine and comprehend
trad. (不可思議) 不可 思議
simp. (不可思议) 不可 思议
Literally: “cannot ponder the significance of”.

Etymology edit

Calque of Sanskrit अचिन्त्य (acintya, inconceivable) or calque of Pali acinteyya (imponderable).

Pronunciation edit


Adjective edit

不可思議

  1. inconceivable; unimaginable; incomprehensible
    聽起來簡直不可思議 [MSC, trad.]
    听起来简直不可思议 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè jiàn shì tīngqilai jiǎnzhí bùkěsīyì. [Pinyin]
    From the sound of it, this is something that is simply incomprehensible.
  2. (Buddhism) incomprehensible by the human mind

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (不可思議):

Noun edit

不可思議

  1. (obsolete) The number 1064

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

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Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

()()()() (fukashigi-na (adnominal ()()()() (fukashigi na), adverbial ()()()() (fukashigi ni))

  1. mysterious, inscrutable

Inflection edit

Noun edit

()()()() (fukashigi

  1. In the traditional Japanese number system, 1064 or ten vigintillion of the American system.
  2. mysteriousness

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  • Seiko Genius Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary (ジーニアス和英辞典)

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

不可思議 (bulgasaui) (hangeul 불가사의)

  1. Hanja form? of 불가사의 (mysteriousness).