無情 | Japanese meaning

無情【むじょう】

Frequency rank: 13,818. – 13,868.

noun (common) (futsuumeishi); adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; crueltyantonym: 有情

nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

insentient; inanimateBuddhism

Forms

無情【むじょう】Frequency rank: 13,818. – 13,868.
むじょう

Generated definitions (experimental)

heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; cruelty

This meaning refers to a lack of compassion or empathy, often describing someone's emotional detachment or unkind behavior toward others.

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He cruelly betrayed his friend.

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The film portrays a cruel reality.

insentient; inanimate

This meaning describes something that lacks sensation or consciousness, often used to refer to objects or entities that cannot feel or respond.

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He felt nothing, like an insentient stone.

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That insentient machine does not understand human emotions.

Generated collocations (experimental)

heartless personto feel heartlessnessworld of heartlessnessto treat coldheartedlycruel decisioncruel wordsinsentient godto show heartlessnesscallous behaviorcruel treatment

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

Wiktionary

Example sentences

2 results

1. だっ、。

Hard as he was, his eyes filled with tears.

Tatoeba

2. 。

He heartlessly deserted his wife.