Word Meaning 不自然

ふしぜん fushizen

不自然 is read as ふしぜん (fushizen) and means unnatural.

Meaning

English

  1. unnatural
  2. artificial
  3. affected
  4. strained

Reading

Kana

ふしぜん

Romaji

fushizen

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Antonyms 自然 Rank 3404 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

不自由

ふじゆう

discomfort

自然

しぜん

nature

大自然

だいしぜん

nature

自然

じねん

occurring naturally (without human influence)

天然自然

てんねんしぜん

natural

母なる自然

ははなるしぜん

Mother Nature

超自然

ちょうしぜん

occult

無為自然

むいしぜん

abandoning artifice and just being oneself

自然科学

しぜんかがく

natural science

自然界

しぜんかい

nature

自然休会

しぜんきゅうかい

spontaneous recess (in the Diet)

自然増収

しぜんぞうしゅう

natural or automatic increase in revenue

Example Sentences

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It's so unnatural that I'm laughing.

Do you feel anything unnatural when you put your teeth together?

This sentence sounds unnatural to me as an American.

I'd like to do without commas, but 6 feels odd if it doesn't have commas.

"What should we do with this unnatural English sentence of yours?" "Change it or delete it. Just make it work somehow."

It's very easy to sound natural in your own native language, and very easy to sound unnatural in your non-native language.

Generally, the sense whether or not an expression is natural can't really be relied on. For example, even if it feels unnatural, it is often easily due to lack of experience.