無む情じょう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun, na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Describes a person, action, or situation lacking compassion or mercy. Often used in emotional or moral contexts.

Antonyms: 有情

彼かれの無む情じょうな態たい度どに皆みなが傷きずついた。

Everyone was hurt by his heartless attitude.

無む情じょうにも彼かの女じょは彼かれを置おき去ざりにした。

Heartlessly, she left him behind.

2

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

Buddhist term for things without consciousness or feeling, such as plants and inanimate objects. Contrasts with 有情 (sentient beings).

〈人ひと〉を無む情じょうに扱あつかうto treat someone heartlessly
上じょう司しは部ぶ下かを無む情じょうに扱あつかった。
The boss treated his subordinate coldly.
無む情じょうの草そう木もくinsentient plants and trees
仏ぶっ教きょうでは草そう木もくを無む情じょうのものとする。
In Buddhism, plants and trees are considered insentient beings.
無む情じょうな運うん命めいa cruel fate
彼かれは無む情じょうな運うん命めいに打うち勝かった。
He overcame a cruel fate.
無む情じょうな仕し打うちcruel treatment
村むら人びとたちは無む情じょうな仕し打うちを受うけた。
The villagers were subjected to cruel treatment.

冷れい酷こくN1sense 1
冷酷 emphasizes cold-blooded, calculated cruelty in one's actions, while 無情 stresses a simple lack of compassion or mercy.
薄はく情じょう sense 1
薄情 describes someone who is fickle or ungrateful in personal relationships, while 無情 describes a broader indifference to suffering in any situation.
つれないN1
無情 is a stronger, more literary word for being merciless or utterly unfeeling, while つれない describes ordinary interpersonal coldness.

有う情じょう sense 1
sentient beings · humaneness; compassion
情なさけN1
無情 describes a lack of pity or compassion, the opposite of 情け, which is the warm feeling of mercy toward others.
人にん情じょう味みN1
無情 describes coldhearted, unfeeling behavior, the opposite of the warm compassion suggested by 人情味.

非ひ情じょう sense 1
非情 is the more common modern word for ruthless or unfeeling behavior, while 無情 carries a stronger literary or Buddhist nuance and can also mean 'insentient.'

From 無 (without) + 情 (feeling, emotion). The Buddhist sense is a direct translation of the Sanskrit term nirjīva or acetanā.

無む

情じょう

cold-hearted; merciless; ruthless