I Love Kanji無意味 (muimi)
無意味 (むいみ, muimi) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “nonsense; no meaning”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- むいみ
- Romaji
- muimi
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- nonsense; no meaning; meaningless · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 無意味
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 無意味だ | むいみだ muimida |
| Present (polite) | 無意味です | むいみです muimidesu |
| Negative | 無意味じゃない | むいみじゃない muimijanai |
| Past | 無意味だった | むいみだった muimidatta |
| Negative past | 無意味じゃなかった | むいみじゃなかった muimijanakatta |
| Te-form | 無意味で | むいみで muimide |
| Before a noun | 無意味な | むいみな muimina |
| Adverb (~ni) | 無意味に | むいみに muimini |
Kanji in 無意味
無
nothingness, none, ain'tム・ブ・な.い · 12 strokes意
idea, mind, heartイ · 13 strokes味
flavor, tasteミ・あじ・あじ.わう · 8 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 無意味.
無くすなくすto lose (something)無理むりunreasonable無くなるなくなるto be lost (e.g. luggage)無むnothing有無うむexistence or nonexistence無視むしdisregarding無駄むだfutility無料むりょうfree (of charge)無しなしwithout無事ぶじsafety無ぶun-無限むげんinfinity無地むじplain無数むすうinnumerable
Source: JMdict entry 1529610 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.