Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
きん
Grade: S
しん
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
不謹愼 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

From () (fu) + 謹慎(きんしん) (kinshin).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

()(きん)(しん) (fukinshin-na (adnominal ()(きん)(しん) (fukinshin na), adverbial ()(きん)(しん) (fukinshin ni))

  1. insensitive; inappropriate; making light of serious matters
    不謹慎(ふきんしん)発言(はつげん)
    fukinshin na hatsugen
    an insensitive statement

Inflection edit

Noun edit

()(きん)(しん) (fukinshin

  1. insensitiveness; inappropriateness

References edit

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