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知らず知らず (しらずしらず) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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歌うた
を
口くち
ずさん
で
い
た
。
Unconsciously, he was humming the same song.
Kanji 識 discriminating, know, write Related words 無意識 is a noun/adjective describing an unconscious state in general, while 知らず知らず specifically describes an action or change happening gradually without the person noticing.
いつの間にか emphasizes that time passed unnoticed, whereas 知らず知らず emphasizes the subject's own lack of awareness of what they were doing.
知らず知らず describes something happening gradually without one noticing, whereas 思わず describes a sudden, instant reaction.
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.
Etymology Reduplication of the negative form of 知る (to know), literally 'without knowing, without knowing', emphasizing an unconscious or unwitting state.
