不謹慎

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
きん
Grade: S
しん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
不謹愼 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From () (fu) + 謹慎(きんしん) (kinshin).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んしん [fùkíꜜǹshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟kʲĩɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

Adjective

()(きん)(しん) • (fukinshin-na (adnominal ()(きん)(しん) (fukinshin na), adverbial ()(きん)(しん) (fukinshin ni))

  1. insensitive; inappropriate; making light of serious matters
    不謹慎(ふきんしん)発言(はつげん)
    fukinshin na hatsugen
    an insensitive statement

Inflection

Noun

()(きん)(しん) • (fukinshin

  1. insensitiveness; inappropriateness

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN