不自然

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Adjective

不自然

  1. unnatural; artificial
  2. contrived; strained

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 2
ぜん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

()()(ぜん) (fushizen) -na (adnominal ()()(ぜん) (fushizen na), adverbial ()()(ぜん) (fushizen ni))

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

Inflection

Noun

()()(ぜん) (fushizen) 

  1. unnaturalness
  2. strain
  3. artificiality

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

不自然 (bujayeon) (hangeul 부자연)

  1. Hanja form? of 부자연 (unnaturalness).
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