JLPT N4 vocabulary
無理: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
むり1Atamadaka · high start
na-adjective
Meaning
- unreasonable, unnatural, unjustifiable
- impossible
- forcible, forced, compulsory
- excessive (work, etc.), immoderate
- (suru verb) (intransitive verb) to work too hard, to try too hard
- (interjection) (colloquial) no way, not a chance, never, dream on
- (no-adjective) (mathematics) irrational
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 無理 | 無理 |
| Plain past過去形 | 無理 | 無理 |
| Polite presentです形 | 無理 | 無理 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 無理 | 無理 |
| Te-formて形 | 無理 | 無理 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 無理 | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 無理 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 無理 | 無理 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 無理 | 無理 |
Example sentences
一日で本を一冊読み切るのは無理というものだ。
Finishing a whole book in one day is simply impossible.