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理不尽 (rifujin) Japanese meaning: unreasonable | Kotomora
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上じょう 司し の 理り 不ふ 尽じん な 要よう 求きゅう に 困こま っ て いる 。
I'm troubled by my boss's unreasonable demands.
I was fired for an absurd reason.
Usage patterns 理り 不ふ 尽じん な 要よう 求きゅう an unreasonable demand
I'm in trouble because my boss made an unreasonable demand of me.
理り 不ふ 尽じん な 扱あつか いを 受う ける to be treated unfairly/unreasonably
He was treated unreasonably at his company.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 理り 不ふ 尽じん な 〈 事こと 〉 を 言い われる to be told something unreasonable by someone
理り 不ふ 尽じん さに 耐た える to endure the unreasonableness (of a situation)
Many people live while enduring the unreasonableness of society.
Kanji 理 logic, arrangement, reason 尽 exhaust, use up, run out of Related words· 8 不合理 is a neutral, analytical term for something illogical or inconsistent, while 理不尽 conveys a stronger emotional sense of outrage at unfair treatment.
不当 is a formal, legalistic term for unjust or improper treatment, whereas 理不尽 is used more broadly in everyday complaints about illogical or unfair behavior.
無理 broadly means unreasonable or impossible, while 理不尽 specifically stresses the lack of fairness or logic behind a demand or treatment.
理不尽 implies unfairness or unreasonableness in a more emotional, personal sense, whereas 不条理 can be more abstract or philosophical.
Show 4 more 理不尽 describes something unreasonable or illogical, while アンフェア specifically points to a violation of fair play or equal treatment.
理不尽 stresses that something is illogical or unfair, while ひどい in this sense simply says it goes beyond reasonable limits.
理不尽 stresses that something is outrageous or unjust, while 筋違い focuses on a demand or argument failing to follow a logical line.
理不尽 focuses on something being unjust or illogical, while 逆しま (in this sense) stresses that the logic itself is twisted or backwards.
Etymology Compound of 理 (logic, reason) and 不尽 (inexhaustible, not exhausted), literally 'reason not exhausted' or 'logic not fully applied,' conveying a lack of sufficient reasoning.
My teacher said something so unreasonable that I ended up crying.
