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知らず知らず (しらずしらず) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
adverb
unconsciously ; without realizing ; unwittingly
Describes an action or change that happens without the person being aware of it; often used when something gradually occurs or when one does something automatically.
知し
ら
ず
知し
ら
ず
に
悪わる
い
習しゅう
慣かん
が
身み
に
つい
て
しまっ
た
。
Without realizing it, I picked up a bad habit.
Written forms 知し らず 知し らず
Standard kanji spelling; the repetition of 知らず is the most common written form.
知し らず 識し らず
rarely-used kanji form
Rare variant using 識 for the second occurrence; it is rarely used.
不知不識しらずしらず
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form using 不 for negation; it is rarely used.
Kanji 識 discriminating, know, write Similar words 無む 意い 識しき に More direct and formal; emphasizes lack of conscious awareness, while 知らず知らず often implies a gradual, unnoticed process.
いつの 間ま にか Focuses on the unnoticed passage of time; 知らず知らず emphasizes the subject's lack of awareness of their own action or state.
Etymology Reduplication of the negative form of 知る (to know), literally 'without knowing, without knowing', emphasizing an unconscious or unwitting state.
