不思議

ふしぎ

strange, wonderful

Mnemonic

不 cancels whatever comes after it, and thinking it through and arguing it out have both got nowhere. There is fish in ghee ふしぎ left on the doorstep and no explanation for it: ふしぎ.

Worth knowing

It says the thing cannot be thought or argued out. Covers strange and wonderful both.

Built from

不

not, un-

Nothing to break off it. It cancels whatever follows.

思

think

田 field + 心 heart

議

discuss, deliberate

言 speech + 義 righteousness

Words sharing these kanji

不安 uneasiness, anxiety 不可能 impossible 不満 dissatisfaction, discontent 不意に suddenly, unexpectedly 思う to think 思い出す to recollect, to recall 思わず unintentionally, involuntarily 思い thought 思考 thinking, thought 思い出 recollections, memory

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