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人間不信 (にんげんふしん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

人にん間げん不ふ信しん

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Meanings

1

noun

distrust of people; mistrust of humans

A state of being unable to trust other people, often due to past betrayal or trauma. Used as a noun or in compound phrases.

彼かれは過か去この裏うら切ぎりから人にん間げん不ふ信しんに陥おちいっている。
He has fallen into a distrust of people because of past betrayals.
人にん間げん不ふ信しんを

克こく

服ふく

する

の

は

簡かん

単たん

で

は

ない

。

Overcoming distrust of people is not easy.

Kanji

人person
間interval, space
不negative, non-, bad
信faith, truth, fidelity

Similar words

不ふ信しん感かん
不信感 is a general feeling of distrust or suspicion, not limited to people. 人間不信 specifically refers to distrust of human beings.
対たい人じん恐きょう怖ふ症しょう
対人恐怖症 is a clinical term for social anxiety disorder or anthropophobia, whereas 人間不信 is a more general, non-clinical state of distrust.

Etymology

Compound of 人間 (human being) and 不信 (distrust, lack of faith). The exact historical origin is uncertain, but the word follows a common Sino-Japanese compounding pattern.