JLPT N1 · な-adjective

無知 (muchi)

無知 (むち, muchi) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “ignorance; innocence”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: むち
Romaji: muchi
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

ignorance; innocence; stupidity · noun, な-adjective

Example sentences

彼はすぐに無知をさらけ出した。

He soon betrayed his ignorance.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 無知

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	無知だ	むちだ muchida
Present (polite)	無知です	むちです muchidesu
Negative	無知じゃない	むちじゃない muchijanai
Past	無知だった	むちだった muchidatta
Negative past	無知じゃなかった	むちじゃなかった muchijanakatta
Te-form	無知で	むちで muchide
Before a noun	無知な	むちな muchina
Adverb (~ni)	無知に	むちに muchini

Kanji in 無知

無

nothingness, none, ain'tム・ブ・な.い · 12 strokes

知

know, wisdomチ・し.る・し.らせる · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 無知.

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 1530630 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.