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Where does “無理” come from?

無理 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 無 — nothing, nothingness; mu; the null set: neither...

無理 (Japanese): cannot, impossible, incapable; irrational,...

Definitions

  1. cannot, impossible, incapable; irrational,...

Ancestry of “無理”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese無nothing, nothingness; mu; the null set: neither...

Words derived from “無理”

  • muri
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