無む免めん許きょ

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Common wordJLPTN3

Meanings

1

noun

unlicensed; without a license

Used for driving, operating a business, or any activity requiring official permission. Often appears in compounds like 無免許運転 (driving without a license).

無む免めん許きょでタクシーを営えい業ぎょうしていた。
He was operating a taxi without a license.

無む免めん許きょ運うん転てんで逮たい捕ほされた。

He was arrested for driving without a license.

Usage patterns

無む免めん許きょで〈動どう詞し〉to do something without a license
彼かれは無む免めん許きょで車くるまを運うん転てんして逮たい捕ほされた。
He was arrested for driving a car without a license.
無む免めん許きょの〈人ひと〉an unlicensed person (e.g. doctor, driver)
無む免めん許きょの医い者しゃが営えい業ぎょうしていたことが発はっ覚かくした。
It came to light that an unlicensed doctor had been practicing.

Kanji

無nothingness, none, ain't
免excuse, dismissal
許permit, approve

Related words

無む資し格かく
無免許 specifically means lacking a license (e.g. a driver's license), while 無資格 covers any missing qualification or certification more broadly.
もぐり
無免許 is the neutral, formal term for being unlicensed, while 潜り carries a more colloquial, often disapproving nuance of secretly operating without authorization.

Opposites

免めん許きょN3
免許 means having an official license or permit, while 無免許 means lacking one entirely.

Don't confuse with

無む資し格かく
無資格 covers any lack of required qualifications or skills, whereas 無免許 specifically refers to lacking an official license (e.g. a driving or business license).
無む許きょ可かN3
無許可 means acting without official permission or authorization in general, while 無免許 specifically points to the absence of a formal license.

Word family

無む免めん許きょ運うん転てん
driving without a license

Built from

無む+免めん許きょ

Etymology

Compound of 無 (mu, 'without') + 免許 (menkyo, 'license').