不言

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	言
ふ Grade: 4	げん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふげん [fúꜜgèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ふげん [fùgéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

不(ふ)言(げん) • (fugen)

silence; not saying anything
Synonym: 不語(ふご) (fugo)

Derived terms

不言実行(ふげんじっこう) (fugenjikkō)
不言不語(ふげんふご) (fugenfugo)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN