不自然

Chinese

not; no
 
nature; the natural world; natural; of or relating to nature
trad. (不自然) 不 自然
simp. #(不自然) 不 自然

Pronunciation


Adjective

不自然

  1. unnatural; artificial
  2. contrived; strained

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 自 然
ふ
Grade: 4
し
Grade: 2
ぜん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 不 (fu-, “not, un-”) +‎ 自然 (shizen, “nature, natural”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ふし​ぜん [fùshíꜜzèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɕizẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

不(ふ)自(し)然(ぜん) • (fushizen) -na (adnominal 不(ふ)自(し)然(ぜん)な (fushizen na), adverbial 不(ふ)自(し)然(ぜん)に (fushizen ni))

  1. abnormal, unnatural
  2. forced, strained
  3. artificial

Inflection

Noun

不(ふ)自(し)然(ぜん) • (fushizen) 

  1. unnaturalness
  2. strain
  3. artificiality

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
不自然

Noun

不自然 • (bujayeon) (hangeul 부자연)

  1. Hanja form? of 부자연 (“unnaturalness”).
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