Kanji1 / 12
無 kanji
nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
- JLPT level
- Not on the lists
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
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Kun readings
ない
Words with 無
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —無類力士wrestler of grand champion quality but without the title
- —天下無敵peerless; unequalled; unequaled
- —無縁墓地cemetery for those who left no relatives behind; potter's field
- —海内無双unparalleled in the whole country
- —古今無双unparalleled in history
- —孤立無援isolated and helpless; alone and unassisted
- —残虐無道inhumanity; atrocity
- —残念無念deep regret; bitter disappointment; chagrin; vexation
- —痛快無比very thrilling; extremely delightful; awfully pleasant; intensely satisfying
- —無位無官having no special rank or title
- —無為自然abandoning artifice and just being oneself; doing nothing and taking things as they come; unconditioned nature; unconditioned spontaneity
- —無為無能idle and incompetent; accomplishing nothing significant nor being capable of doing so; lacking the talent to do anything but idle away one's time
- —無学文盲ignorant and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate person
- —無病息災sound health
- —問答無益there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
- —薬石無効neither medicines nor medical care having little effect on a patient
- —冷酷無情cruel and heartless; merciless; implacable
- —金甌無欠flawless; perfect; (a nation) having never been invaded by outside forces
- —無為無聊boredom; ennui; tedium; wearisomeness
- —無間奈落Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)