無む量りょう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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

Formal or bookish noun/no-adjective meaning that something cannot be measured or counted. Often appears in elevated phrases, compounds, and religious or literary-sounding expressions such as 無量の慈悲 and 感慨無量.

その教おしえは無む量りょうの慈じ悲ひを説といている。
That teaching speaks of immeasurable compassion.
卒そつ業ぎょう式しきで恩おん師しに再さい会かいし、感かん慨がい無む量りょうだった。
Meeting my old teacher again at the graduation ceremony, I was overwhelmed with emotion.

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Usage patterns

無む量りょうの〈物もの〉immeasurable ~ (formal, often religious or literary)
仏ほとけの無む量りょうの慈じ悲ひに感かん謝しゃする。
I am grateful for the Buddha's immeasurable compassion.

Kanji

無nothingness, none, ain't
量quantity, measure, weight

Related words

無む限げんN2
無限 is the common, everyday word for 'infinite' or 'limitless,' while 無量 is more formal and bookish, often stressing immeasurable depth or quantity in literary or religious contexts.
莫ばく大だいN3
莫大 describes something enormous or vast, especially concrete amounts like money or damage, whereas 無量 suggests something abstract that defies measurement altogether.

Don't confuse with

無む料りょうN4
無料 is a homophone of 無量 meaning 'free of charge'; they are unrelated in meaning and written with different kanji (料 vs 量).

Word family

感かん無む量りょうN1
deep emotion; overwhelming feeling
千せん万まん無む量りょう
innumerable; unfathomable; unutterable
感かん慨がい無む量りょう
deep emotion; overwhelming emotion
無む量りょう光こう仏ぶつ
Buddha of Infinite Light; Amitābha
無む量りょう大たい数すう
10^68; 10^88
無む量りょう無む辺へん
immense and limitless; boundless

Written forms

無む量りょうUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; the kana reading is むりょう. Do not confuse this with 無料, also read むりょう, meaning 'free of charge'.
むりょうUsage1%

Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound of 無, 'without,' and 量, 'measure' or 'quantity'; the spelling directly expresses the idea of being beyond measure.