Kanji1 / 12
無 kanji
nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
- JLPT level
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- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
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Kun readings
ない
Words with 無
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —無遮大會great equal assembly (quinquennial service of indiscriminatory almsgiving and preaching)
- —無水珪酸silicon dioxide
- —無に成るto come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
- —無駄ごとuseless matter; futile act; useless effort; idle thought
- —荒唐無けいabsurd; nonsensical; preposterous
- —無駄づかいwaste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
- —無痛分べんobstetric analgesia during labor and delivery (e.g. epidural); painless childbirth
- —無双仕立てmaking a piece of clothing with the same cloth inside and out; making a kimono with lining of the same fabric
- —無水亜ヒ酸arsenic trioxide; white arsenic (As2O3)
- —無理も無いnatural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
- —心配御無用don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control
- —無理がきくto be able to handle strain (overexertion, inconvenience, etc.)
- —無花粉スギpollen-free Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
- —無駄に成るto come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
- —無碍にするto not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
- —無駄飯喰いne'er-do-well; waster; idler; good-for-nothing
- —無駄の無いeconomical; efficient; lean; compact
- —無理が祟るto break down due to overwork; to try so hard that the situation gets worse
- —無水けい酸silicon dioxide
- —見るも無惨too pitiful to look at; shocking to look at; miserable; wretched