不安

Chinese

not; no
 
content; calm; still
content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (不安)
simp. #(不安)

Pronunciation


Adjective

不安

  1. uneasy; disturbed; restless; anxious
  2. unstable; volatile; turbulent; variable
  3. (polite) sorry (for causing you trouble)

Synonyms

  • (uneasy):
  • (unstable):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不安):
  • Japanese: ()(あん) (fuan)
  • Korean: 불안(不安) (buran)
  • Vietnamese: bất an (不安)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
あん
Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

Adjective

()(あん) (fuan) -na (adnominal ()(あん) (fuan na), adverbial ()(あん) (fuan ni))

  1. anxious, uneasy
  2. insecure

Inflection

Noun

()(あん) (fuan) 

  1. anxiety; uneasiness
    ()(あん)はなかった。
    Fuan wa nakatta.
    There was no uncertainty on this matter.
    • 2002 February 18, Inokuma, Shinobu, “LAST(ラスト) PART(パート) サラダデイズは(えい)(えん)に… [Last Part: Forever Salad Days…]”, in SALAD(サラダ) DAYS(デイズ) [SALAD DAYS], volume 18 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, pages 189–190:
      ()()まったりふり(かえ)ったり、()いたり(わら)ったり……()(あん)(こん)(とん)(なか)でもがきながら——(すこ)しずつ、(だい)()なモンが()えてくれ。そんな(あお)()(だい)——〝SALAD(サラダ) DAYS(デイズ)〞——…
      Tachidomattari furikaettari, naitari warattari……Fuan to konton no naka de mogaki nagara——Sukoshizutsu, daiji na mon ga mietekure. Sonna ao no jidai——〝Sarada Deizu〞——…
      There will come times when we have to stop and look back, times when we cry, when we laugh… But even in the darkest days when we’re unsure, when we’re confused — slowly but surely, we’ll realize what matters most to us. This is the green season of our lives — our ‟Salad Days”…
  2. unrest

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

不安 (buran) (hangeul 불안)

  1. Hanja form? of 불안.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Adjective

不安

  1. chữ Hán form of bất an.
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