See also: 无理

Chinese edit

not have
 
to manage; to heed; to put in order
to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (無理)
simp. (无理)

Pronunciation edit


Verb edit

無理

  1. to be unreasonable; to be unjust

Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

無理

  1. unreasonable
  2. (mathematics) irrational

Antonyms edit

  • (antonym(s) of unreasonable): 有理 (yǒulǐ)
  • (antonym(s) of irrational): 有理 (yǒulǐ)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (無理):
  • Japanese: 無理(むり) (muri)
  • Korean: 무리(無理) (muri)
  • Vietnamese: vô lí (無理)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology edit

(lack) + (reason)

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

()() or 無理(ムリ) (muri-na (adnominal ()() (muri na), adverbial ()() (muri ni))

  1. cannot, impossible, incapable
    (えん)七等分(ななとうぶん)するのは無理(むり)だ。
    En o nana tōbun suru no wa muri da.
    A circle cannot be divided equally by seven.
  2. irrational, unreasonable, unjust
    無理(むり)なことを()わないで。
    Muri na koto o iwanai de.
    Do not say such an irrational thing.
    無理(むり)()まってる
    muri ni kimatteru
    certainly impossible
  3. excessive; overdone; done by brute force

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Noun edit

()() or 無理(ムリ) (muri

  1. impossibility, incapability
  2. irrationality
  3. something that is excessive; overdoing something; doing things by brute force

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Verb edit

()()する or 無理(ムリ)する (muri surusuru (stem ()() (muri shi), past ()()した (muri shita))

  1. to overexert oneself

Conjugation 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

無理 (muri) (hangeul 무리)

  1. Hanja form? of 무리 (absurdity).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective edit

無理

  1. chữ Hán form of vô lí (unreasonable).