不謹慎

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 謹 慎
ふ
Grade: 4
きん
Grade: S
しん
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
不謹愼 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 不(ふ) (fu) + 謹慎(きんしん) (kinshin).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ふき​んしん [fùkíꜜǹshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝkʲĩɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

Adjective

不(ふ)謹(きん)慎(しん) • (fukinshin) -na (adnominal 不(ふ)謹(きん)慎(しん)な (fukinshin na), adverbial 不(ふ)謹(きん)慎(しん)に (fukinshin ni))

  1. insensitive; inappropriate; making light of serious matters
    不謹慎(ふきんしん)な発言(はつげん)
    fukinshin na hatsugen
    an insensitive statement

Inflection

Noun

不(ふ)謹(きん)慎(しん) • (fukinshin) 

  1. insensitiveness; inappropriateness

References

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