Word details

心もとない

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 心もとない.

Dictionary

Entry

心もとない心許ない心許無いころもとな~い Adj.Freq #17910
1

uneasy; unsure; anxious

2

unreliable; untrustworthy; erratic; undependable

Examples
あの人の言うことはどうも心もとないわね。
I cannot place confidence in his words.
3

Archaic

nervous; impatient; irritated from anxiety

4

Archaic

unclear; indistinct; vague

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

4 strokesFrequency 157JLPT N3Grade 2

On

シン

Kun

こころ-ごころ

permit, approve

11 strokesFrequency 720JLPT N2Grade 5

On

キョ

Kun

ゆる.すもと

nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

12 strokesFrequency 274JLPT N2Grade 4

On

Kun

な.い

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