Word details

知らず

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 知らず.

Dictionary

Entry

知らず不知しらずFreq #159202
1

Noun, used as a suffix

not having; unaffected by

Examples
あいつは馬鹿だから、怖いもの知らずだ。
He is too dumb to fear danger.
2

Conjunction; Often as ~は知らず

aside; I don't know about ...

3

Archaic; Conjunction; At the beginning of a sentence

I know not whether; I know not if

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

know, wisdom

8 strokesFrequency 205JLPT N3Grade 2

On

Kun

し.るし.らせる

Nanori

さとさとるしりしれとものり

negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

4 strokesFrequency 101JLPT N3Grade 4

On

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