不思議

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 思 議
ふ
Grade: 4		 し
Grade: 2		 ぎ
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology 1

Contracted from 不可思議 (fuka shigi, literally “unfathomable”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Adjectival noun

不思議 (-na inflection, hiragana ふしぎ, rōmaji fushigi)

  1. mysterious, wonderful, curious, strange
    • 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan:
      しかし不 (ふ)思 (し)議 (ぎ)なもので、三 (さん)年 (ねん)立 (た)ったらとうとう卒 (そつ)業 (ぎょう)してしまった。
      Shikashi fushigi na mono de, sannen tattara tōtō sotsugyō shite shimatta.
      Strange, isn't it, that when three years were over, I graduated?
    • 2001 April 19, “ランドスターの剣けん士し [Swordsman of Landstar]”, in Spell of Mask －仮面の呪縛－ (in Japanese), Konami:
      剣 (けん)の腕 (うで)は未 (み)熟 (じゅく)だが、不 (ふ)思 (し)議 (ぎ)な能 (のう)力 (りょく)を持 (も)つ妖 (よう)精 (せい)剣 (けん)士 (し)。
      Ken no ude wa mijuku da ga, fushigi na nōryoku o motsu yōsei kenshi.
      Although it is an amateur with its sword, this fairy swordsman can still count on its mysterious abilities.
  2. unthinkable, extravagant
  3. suspicious
  4. (Buddhism) Short for 不可思議 (fuka shigi): beyond human recognition or understanding; ineffable
    • Lotus Sutra (chapter 25)
      [...]　弘 (ぐ)誓 (ぜい)深 (じん)如 (にょ)海 (かい)　歴 (りゃっ)劫 (こう)不 (ふ)思 (し)議 (ぎ)　侍 (じ)多 (た)千億 (せんのく)仏 (ぶつ)　発 (ほつ)大 (だい)清 (しょう)浄 (じょう)願 (がん)　[...]
      ...guzei jin nyo kai, ryakkō fushigi, ji ta sennoku butsu, hotsu dai-shōjō gan...
      His great vow is as deep as the sea, unfathomable even after eons. Serving many hundreds of billions of buddhas, he has made a great pure vow.[3]
Inflection

Noun

不思議 (hiragana ふしぎ, rōmaji fushigi)

  1. mystery, wonder
  2. miracle
  3. extravagance
  4. curiosity
  5. suspicion
Derived terms
Idioms
  • 合 (あ)うも不 (ふ)思 (し)議 (ぎ)合 (あ)わぬも不 (ふ)思 (し)議 (ぎ) (au mo fushigi awanu mo fushigi, “agreeing and not agreeing are wonderful → dreaming and winning at the first time are strange”)

Proper noun

不思議 (hiragana ふしぎ, rōmaji Fushigi)

  1. a female given name

Etymology 2

Various nanori readings.

Proper noun

不思議 (hiragana はてな, rōmaji Hatena)

  1. a female given name

不思議 (hiragana みらくる, rōmaji Mirakuru)

  1. a female given name
    from ミラクル (mirakuru, “miracle”)

References

  1. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ Gene Reeves (2014) The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 376
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