無理

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Chinese

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


Verb

無理

  1. to be unreasonable; to be unjust

Derived terms

Adjective

無理

  1. unreasonable
  2. (mathematics) irrational

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

(lack) + (reason)

Pronunciation

Adjective

()() 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

Inflection

Synonyms

Noun

()() or 無理(ムリ) (muri

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

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

  1. to overexert oneself

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

無理 (muri) (hangeul 무리)

  1. hanja form? of 무리 (absurdity)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

無理

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