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不自然

不自然

Chinese

not; no; (negative prefix) nature; the natural world
simp. and trad.
(不自然)
自然

Adjective

不自然

  1. unnatural; artificial
  2. contrived; strained

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 2
ぜん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (fu, not, un-) + 自然 (shizen, nature, natural).

Pronunciation

Adjectival noun

不自然 (-na inflection, hiragana ふしぜん, romaji fushizen)

  1. abnormal, unnatural
  2. forced, strained
  3. artificial

Inflection

Noun

不自然 (hiragana ふしぜん, romaji fushizen)

  1. unnaturalness
  2. strain
  3. artificiality

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

不自然 (bujayeon) (hangeul 부자연)

  1. Hanja form? of 부자연, “unnaturalness”.