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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ムブ
Kun readings
ない
Words with 無
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —当代無双being unsurpassed (unparalleled) at present
- —長居無用there's no point in staying (here) any longer; there's no point in prolonging a (the) visit; there's no point in extending one's stay
- —南無三宝Homage to the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha); oh no!; good heavens!; oops
- —剽悍無比as fierce and nimble as any; daring and agile without equal
- —暴悪無類incomparably ruthless; diabolical
- —無益有害useless and harmful
- —無学無識illiterate and ignorant; uneducated and lacking in wisdom and discernment
- —無学無知illiterate and ignorant
- —無垢清浄pure and innocent; immaculate
- —無芸無能talentless and incompetent; incompetent and unaccomplished
- —無策無為do-nothingism; do-nothing, plan-nothing (government, etc.); being an idle onlooker taking no steps to meet the situation
- —無始無終everlastingness; eternity
- —無色透明colorless and transparent
- —無想無念being free from all distracting thoughts; keeping one's mind clear of all worldly thoughts; being free from all ideas and thoughts
- —無断外泊staying out overnight without giving notice; spending night(s) away from home without permission (leave)
- —無知愚昧unenlightened; in the darkest ignorance; not knowing from A to B
- —無知文盲ignorance and illiteracy
- —無手勝流winning without fighting; method used to win without fighting; one's own way of doing things (i.e. as different from that of one's instructor); Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)
- —無念千万being really disappointed; feeling utterly mortified; being deeply vexed
- —無能無策ineptitude and inaction; being incapable of devising any appropriate measures to cope with the situation