不可思議

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See also: 不可思议

Chinese[edit]

cannot; should not; must not to imagine and comprehend
trad. (不可思議) 不可 思議
simp. (不可思议) 不可 思议
Literally: “cannot ponder the significance of”.

Etymology[edit]

Calque of Sanskrit अचिन्त्य (acintya, inconceivable) or calque of Pali acinteyya (imponderable).

Pronunciation[edit]


Adjective[edit]

不可思議

  1. inconceivable; unimaginable; incomprehensible
    聽起來簡直不可思議 [MSC, trad.]
    听起来简直不可思议 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè jiàn shì tīngqilai jiǎnzhí bùkěsīyì. [Pinyin]
    From the sound of it, this is something that is simply incomprehensible.
  2. (Buddhism) incomprehensible by the human mind

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (不可思議):

Noun[edit]

不可思議

  1. (obsolete) The number 1064

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

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Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

()()()() (fukashigi-na (adnominal ()()()() (fukashigi na), adverbial ()()()() (fukashigi ni))

  1. mysterious, inscrutable

Inflection[edit]

Noun[edit]

()()()() (fukashigi

  1. In the traditional Japanese number system, 1064 or ten vigintillion of the American system.
  2. mysteriousness

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  • Seiko Genius Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary (ジーニアス和英辞典)

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Noun[edit]

不可思議 (bulgasaui) (hangeul 불가사의)

  1. Hanja form? of 불가사의 (mysteriousness).