不思議

Japanese

Kanji in this term

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Etymology

Contracted from 不可思議 (fuka shigi, literally unfathomable),[1][2] equivalent to () (fu-) + 思議(しぎ) (shigi).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しぎ [fùshígí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ᵝɕiɡʲi]

Adjective

()()() • (fushigi) -na (adnominal ()()() (fushigi na), adverbial ()()() (fushigi ni))

  1. mysterious, wonderful, curious, strange
    Synonym: 神秘 (shinpi)
    • しかし不思議(ふしぎ)なもので、三年(さんねん)()ったらとうとう(そつ)(ぎょう)してしまった。
      Shikashi fushigi na mono de, sannen tattara tōtō sotsugyō shite shimatta.
      Strange, isn't it, that when three years were over, I graduated?
    • 2001 April 19, “ランドスターの(けん)() [Swordsman of Landstar]”, in Spell of Mask -仮面の呪縛-, Konami:
      (けん)(うで)()(じゅく)だが、不思議(ふしぎ)(のう)(りょく)()(よう)(せい)剣士(けんし)
      Ken no ude wa mijuku da ga, fushigi na nōryoku o motsu yōsei kenshi.
      Although it is an amateur with its sword, this fairy swordsman can still count on its mysterious abilities.
  2. unthinkable, extravagant
  3. suspicious
  4. (Buddhism) Short for 不可思議 (fuka shigi): beyond human recognition or understanding; ineffable
    • 406, Lotus Sutra (chapter 25, translation by Kumārajīva)
      ...()(ぜい)(じん)(にょ)(かい)歴劫(りゃっこう)不思議(ふしぎ)()()(せん)(のく)(ぶつ)(ほつ)(だい)(しょう)(じょう)(がん)...
      ...guzei jin nyo kai, ryakkō fushigi, ji ta sennoku butsu, hotsu dai-shōjō gan...
      His great vow is as deep as the sea, unfathomable even after eons. Serving many hundreds of billions of buddhas, he has made a great pure vow.[3]

Inflection

Noun

()()() • (fushigi) 

  1. a mystery, wonder
    Synonym: 神秘 (shinpi)
  2. a miracle
  3. an extravagance
  4. curiosity
  5. strangeness
    Synonym: 予想外 (yosōgai)
  6. a suspicion
    Synonym: 不審 (fushin)

Derived terms

Idioms

  • 不思議(ふしぎ)()てる (fushigi o tateru)
  • ()うも不思議(ふしぎ)()わぬも不思議(ふしぎ) (au mo fushigi awanu mo fushigi, agreeing and not agreeing are wonderful → dreaming and winning at the first time are strange)

Verb

()()()する • (fushigi suru) suru (stem ()()() (fushigi shi), past ()()()した (fushigi shita))

  1. to doubt, question

Conjugation

Proper noun

()()() • (Fushigi) 

  1. a female given name

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Gene Reeves (2014) The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 376
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