Japanese word
無理
むり
In your course · Chapter 20
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- informal
- Level
- A2
- Frequency
- No. 573 in the course corpus
Meanings
- overexertion; unreasonable
- unreasonable
- unnatural
- unjustifiable
- impossible
- forcible
- forced
- compulsory
- excessive (work, etc.)
- immoderate
- to work too hard
- to try too hard
- no way
- not a chance
- never
- dream on
- irrational
Source: Tonada course · JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))
Kanji
- 無
- On reading:
- ブ、ム
- Kun reading:
- な.い
- Meanings:
- nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
- 理
- On reading:
- リ
- Kun reading:
- ことわり
- Meanings:
- logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Source: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))