無理

See also: 无理

Chinese

not have
 
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. (mathematics) irrational

Derived terms

  • 無理根无理根

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無理):

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

(lack) + (reason)

Adjective

無理 (-na inflection, hiragana むり, katakana ムリ, rōmaji muri)

  1. cannot, impossible, incapable
     (えん)七等分 (ななとうぶん)するのは () ()だ。
    En o nana tōbun suru no wa muri da.
    A circle cannot be divided equally by seven.
  2. irrational, unreasonable, unjust
     () ()なことを ()わないで。
    Muri na koto o iwanai de.
    Do not say such an irrational thing.
     () () ()まってる
    muri ni kimatteru
    certainly impossible
  3. excessive; overdone; done by brute force

Synonyms

Inflection

Noun

無理 (hiragana むり, katakana ムリ, rōmaji muri)

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

無理する (suru conjugation, hiragana むりする, katakana ムリする, rōmaji muri suru)

  1. work too hard, overwork

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

無理 (muri) (hangeul 무리)

  1. Hanja form? of 무리 (absurdity).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Adjective

無理

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