無む点てん

noun

kanji without kanbun markings

Refers to classical Chinese texts (kanbun) printed without Japanese reading aids (kunten). Contrasts with 訓点 (くんてん).

See also: 訓点 (くんてん)

• この漢かん文ぶんは無む点てんなので、初しょ心しん者しゃには難むずかしい。

  This kanbun text has no reading marks, so it's difficult for beginners.

noun

poetry without comments or corrections

Used for haiku or other poems presented in their original form without editorial marks or annotations.

• この句く集しゅうは無む点てんで掲けい載さいされている。

  This haiku collection is printed without any comments or corrections.

na-adjective

meaningless; incomprehensible

Describes something that lacks meaning or cannot be understood. Often used in a figurative or critical sense.

• 彼かれの説せつ明めいは無む点てんで、何なにを言いいたいのかわからなかった。

  His explanation was incomprehensible; I couldn't understand what he wanted to say.