未

Meaning

未 centers on something that has not yet happened or is still incomplete: not yet, still, or un-. The zodiac and time-of-day senses are specific cultural applications of the same 'not yet fully developed' idea.

• 未だまだ
  N5

  still; as yet; only

• 未み
  N2

  not yet; un-

• 未ひつじ
  N1

  the Sheep (eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Ram; the Goat

• 未来みらい
  N3

  (distant) future

• 未満みまん
  N2

  less than; under; below

• 未成年みせいねん
  N3

  minority (i.e. being under age); minor; underage person

• 未知みち
  N1

  not yet known; unknown; strange

• 未遂みすい
  N1

  failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)

• 未定みてい
  N1

  not yet fixed; undecided; pending; TBD

• 未亡人みぼうじん

  widow

• 未婚みこん
  N1

  unmarried; not yet married

• 未だしもまだしも

  rather; better

• 前代未聞ぜんだいみもん

  unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking

• 未明みめい
  N1

  early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning

• 未練みれん
  N1

  lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness

• 未然みぜん
  N1

  before it happens; previously

• 未払いみはらい

  unpaid; overdue

• 未開みかい
  N1

  uncivilized; uncivilised; primitive; savage

• 未知数みちすう

  (an) unknown; unknown number; variable

• 未納みのう
  N1

  payment default; overdue on a payment

• 未決みけつ

  pending; undecided

• 未解決みかいけつ
  N3

  unsolved; unresolved; unsettled; pending; outstanding

• 未発表みはっぴょう
  N2

  unpublished; unreleased; not yet made public

• 未熟みじゅく
  N1

  unripe; green; immature

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