Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
けん
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
on'yomi kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of 世間 +‎ 知らず

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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()(けん)()らず (seken shirazu-na (adnominal ()(けん)()らず (seken shirazu na), adverbial ()(けん)()らず (seken shirazu ni))

  1. ignorant of the ways of the world

Inflection

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Noun

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()(けん)()らず (seken shirazu

  1. ignorant of the ways of the world

References

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  1. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN