Chinese

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not; no
nature; the natural world; natural; of or relating to nature
 
trad. (不自然) 自然
simp. #(不自然) 自然
anagram 自不然

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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不自然

  1. unnatural; artificial
  2. contrived; strained

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 2
ぜん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

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Compound of (fu-, not, un-) +‎ 自然 (shizen, nature, natural).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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()()(ぜん) (fushizen-na (adnominal ()()(ぜん) (fushizen na), adverbial ()()(ぜん) (fushizen ni))

  1. abnormal, unnatural
  2. forced, strained
  3. artificial

Inflection

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Noun

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()()(ぜん) (fushizen

  1. unnaturalness
  2. strain
  3. artificiality

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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不自然 (bujayeon) (hangeul 부자연)

  1. Hanja form? of 부자연 (unnaturalness).