定め無い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
さだ
Grade: 3

Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
定めない

Etymology

Compound of 定め (sadame, fate; rule, law, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem form) of verb 定める sadameru “to decide, to establish, to settle”) +‎ 無い (nai, there isn't, does not exist): literally, “there is no set fate”, and by extension, “changeable”.[1]

Note that this is distinct from the negative form of verb 定める (​sadameru), 定めない (​sadamenai), although both have the same reading and inflection.[1] Both senses of sadamenai are often written using hiragana for the nai portion. In such cases, the intended sense can be discerned from the context.

Pronunciation

Adjective

(さだ)() (sadamenai-i (adverbial (さだ)() (sadamenaku))

  1. transient, changeable, ephemeral

Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN