Where does “定め無い” come from?

定め無い (Japanese) comes from Japanese 定め, from Japanese 定める — establish rules or law, stipulate in a contract;...

定め無い (Japanese): transient, changeable, ephemeral

Definitions

  1. transient, changeable, ephemeral

Ancestry of “定め無い”, step by step

定め無い traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 定め

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese定めlaw; regulations; customs; that which has been...
2Japanese定めるestablish rules or law, stipulate in a contract;...

via Japanese 無い

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese無いnonexistent; not possessed or unavailable for one...
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