無む神しん経けい

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Describes a person or behavior that lacks consideration for others' feelings, often blunt or tactless. Can be used as a noun or adjectival noun.

無む神しん経けいな発はつ言げんをするto make an insensitive remark
彼かれは人ひとの失しつ恋れんについて無む神しん経けいな発はつ言げんをした。
He made an insensitive remark about someone's breakup.
〈人ひと〉に無む神しん経けいなことを言いうto say something insensitive to someone
彼かの女じょは落おち込こんでいる友とも達だちに無む神しん経けいなことを言いってしまった。
She ended up saying something insensitive to her down-hearted friend.
〈人ひと〉の気き持もちを無む神しん経けいに扱あつかうto treat someone's feelings insensitively
上じょう司しは部ぶ下かの気き持もちを無む神しん経けいに扱あつかうことが多おおい。
The boss often treats his subordinates' feelings insensitively.

鈍どん感かんN1
鈍感 describes someone slow to notice or feel things (often physically or emotionally dull), while 無神経 specifically points to a lack of consideration for others' feelings.
無ぶ遠えん慮りょN1
無遠慮 emphasizes brazen, tactless behavior without restraint, whereas 無神経 more broadly describes failing to notice or care about others' feelings.
冷れい淡たんN1
冷淡 describes a cold, detached attitude shown deliberately, while 無神経 usually implies an unintentional failure to notice others' feelings.

敏びん感かんN1
敏感 means quick to perceive or be affected by things, the opposite of 無神経's dull insensitivity to others' feelings.
繊せん細さいN1
繊細 describes a delicate, sensitive nature attentive to subtle feelings, contrasting with the bluntness of 無神経.
気きが利きくN2
無神経 describes someone insensitive or oblivious to others' feelings, the opposite of being 気が利く, thoughtful and perceptive.

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気き配くばりN2
無神経 describes a lack of sensitivity or thoughtlessness, the opposite of the attentive care shown by 気配り.
心こころ配くばりN1
無神経 describes a lack of sensitivity or thoughtlessness toward others, the opposite of the attentive care shown by 心配り.

無む関かん心しんN3
無関心 means indifferent or uninterested in a matter, whereas 無神経 means insensitive to other people's feelings even when one is aware of the situation.

Compound of 無 (mu, 'without') and 神経 (shinkei, 'nerves/sensitivity'), literally 'without nerves', figuratively 'lacking sensitivity'.