無条件

See also: 无条件 and 無條件

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
じょう
Grade: 5
けん
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of (mu, no, un-) + 条件 (jōken, condition)[1][2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

無条件 (-na inflection, hiragana むじょうけん, rōmaji mujōken)

  1. absolute, unconditional

Usage notes

The use of the particle (na) to make this into an adjective appears to be a relatively recent innovation. This term is listed in many dictionaries[1][2][3][4] only as a noun, which may be used with the particle (no, genitive or possessive) to modify a following noun. As such, the form 無条件な might be viewed as proscribed in more formal contexts.

Inflection

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • 条件付 (じょうけんつ) (jōkentsuki, conditional)

Derived terms

Noun

無条件 (hiragana むじょうけん, rōmaji mujōken)

  1. absoluteness, unconditionality

Antonyms

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0
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