無ぶ風ふう流りゅう

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Meanings

unrefined; tasteless; inelegant; prosaic; unpoetic; unromantic; boorish

Describes a person, behavior, or thing lacking refinement, elegance, or poetic sensibility. Often used in contrast with 風流 (elegance/refinement).

彼かれの無ぶ風ふう流りゅうな振ふる舞まいに、周しゅう囲いはあきれていた。
Everyone was appalled by his boorish behavior.
この部屋へやの飾かざり付つけは無ぶ風ふう流りゅうで、風ふ情ぜいがない。
The decoration of this room is tasteless and lacks charm.

Kanji

無nothingness, none, ain't
風wind, air, style
流current, a sink, flow
不negative, non-, bad

Related words

風ふう流りゅう
風流 means elegance, refinement, or poetic taste; 無風流 is its direct opposite, meaning the lack of such qualities.
野や暮ぼ
野暮 also means boorish or unrefined, but is more colloquial and often implies a lack of sophistication in social situations, while 無風流 is more literary and focuses on aesthetic or poetic insensitivity.

Built from

無ぶ+風ふう流りゅう

Written forms

無ぶ風ふう流りゅう
Standard kanji spelling using 無 (without) + 風流 (elegance/refinement).
不ぶ風ふう流りゅう
Alternate spelling using 不 (not) instead of 無; less common but attested.

Etymology

Compound of 無 (without) + 風流 (elegance, refinement). The alternate form 不風流 uses 不 (not) with the same meaning. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common pattern of negating a positive quality.