無理

Meanings

1. unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable
2. impossible
3. forcible; forced; compulsory
4. excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
5. to work too hard; to try too hard

Part of speech: na-adjective, noun, suru verb, intransitive, interjection, no-adjective

Kanji

• 無

  Meanings

  nothingness, none, ain't, nothing

  On reading

  ム、ブ

  Kun reading

  な.い

  Strokes

  12

• 理

  Meanings

  logic, arrangement, reason, justice

  On reading

  リ

  Kun reading

  ことわり

  Strokes

  11

Example sentences

• それは無理な注文だ。

  Your demands are unreasonable.

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