無理

See also: 无理

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 suru) suru (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, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: 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).
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