Word Meaning 蒙昧

もうまい moumai

蒙昧 is read as もうまい (moumai) and means ignorance.

Meaning

English

ignorance
(lack of) enlightenment or civilization (civilisation)
unenlightened
uncivilized
uncivilised

Reading

Kana

もうまい

Romaji

moumai

Writing Variants

曚昧もうまい moumai
矇昧もうまい moumai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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蒙昧主義

もうまいしゅぎ

obscurantism

無知蒙昧

むちもうまい

unenlightened

蒙古

もうこ

Mongols (nomadic tribe)

曖昧

あいまい

fuzzy

三昧

さんまい

samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)

啓蒙

けいもう

enlightenment

Example Sentences

1

無知蒙昧な人々。

むちもうまいなひとびと。

Ignorant and uneducated people.