LingakuFrequency rank: 5,008. – 5,010.
- not yet known; unknown; strangeantonym: 既知
nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- not yet known
- unknown
- strange
This meaning refers to something that has not been discovered or is not familiar to the person. It often conveys a sense of curiosity or the potential for new experiences.
This usage describes something that is not recognized or identified, emphasizing its obscurity or lack of familiarity.
Here, the word is used to describe something unusual or out of the ordinary, often suggesting that it elicits surprise or discomfort.
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The past can only be known, not changed. The future can only be changed, not known.
When you come across new words, you must look them up in your dictionary.
He travels about the world gathering facts about little known countries.
Sophie had been looking forward to getting another letter from the unknown sender.
6. しこう思考とはつわ発話とがそうごいぞん相互依存することからわかるように、げんご言語は、きせい既成のじじつ事実をとらえる捉えるためのしゅだん手段というよりも、みち未知なるしんじつ真実をみつけだす見つけ出すためのしゅだん手段である。そのたよう多様せい性は、おんせい音声やきごう記号ではなくせかいかん世界観のたよう多様せい性なのだ。
The interdependence of thought and speech makes it clear that languages are not so much a means of expressing truth that has already been established, but a means of discovering truth that was previously unknown. Their diversity is a diversity not of sounds and signs but of ways of looking at the world.