Word Meaning 矛盾

むじゅん mujun

矛盾 is read as むじゅん (mujun) and means contradiction.

Meaning

English

  1. contradiction
  2. inconsistency

Reading

Kana

むじゅん

Romaji

mujun

Writing Variants

  • 矛楯 むじゅん mujun

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 5522 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

矛盾原理

むじゅんげんり

principle of contradiction

矛盾語法

むじゅんごほう

oxymoron

矛盾性

むじゅんせい

contradiction

矛盾律

むじゅんりつ

law of contradiction

矛盾データ

むじゅんでーた

inconsistent data

前後矛盾

ぜんごむじゅん

self-contradiction

論理矛盾

ろんりむじゅん

logical inconsistency

形容矛盾

けいようむじゅん

contradictio in adjecto

名辞矛盾

めいじむじゅん

contradiction in terms

相矛盾

あいむじゅん

mutually contradictory

自己矛盾

じこむじゅん

self-contradiction

矛盾撞着

むじゅんどうちゃく

self-contradiction

Example Sentences

10

かれのいっていることはむじゅんしている。

What he is saying is contradictory.

He isn't consistent with himself.

It's a bundle of contradictions.

A contradiction has immediately appeared.

His behavior conflicts with what he says.

His statement sounds correct at first, but upon thinking carefully, you realize it's contradictory.

Wanting to improve your expressiveness, but not wanting to express it is a contradiction from the beginning.

I find it contradictory that the same sentence, when used by a native speaker, is automatically OK, but not when used by a non-native speaker.

Love is a great contradiction. You cannot live without it but at the same time you will be hurt by it.

The most enlightened way of living is to despise social conventions while at the same time living your life in conformity to them.