無頓着

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
とん
Grade: S
ちゃく
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Adjective

()(とん)(ちゃく) • (mutonchaku) -na (adnominal ()(とん)(ちゃく) (mutonchaku na), adverbial ()(とん)(ちゃく) (mutonchaku ni))

  1. careless, indifferent, casual, unconcerned
    • 190506, Natsume Sōseki, I Am a Cat (text here):
      (かれ)吾輩(わがはい)(ちか)づくのも一向(いっこう)心付(こころづ)かざるごとく、また心付(こころづ)くも無頓着(むとんちゃく)なるごとく
      kare wa wagahai no chikazuku no mo ikkō kokorozukazaru gotoku, mata kokorozuku mo mutonchaku naru gotoku
      It seemed that either he was totally unaware of my approach or totally indifferent

Inflection

Noun

()(とん)(ちゃく) • (mutonchaku) 

  1. indifference, carelessness
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