不熱心|ふねっしんfunesshin[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjective, nounindifference; lack of enthusiasm; inattentiveness
Conjugation
Plain form不熱心(ふねっしん)
Polite (desu)不熱心です(ふねっしんです)
Negative (dewa nai)不熱心ではない(ふねっしんではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)不熱心ではありません(ふねっしんではありません)
Past (datta)不熱心だった(ふねっしんだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)不熱心ではなかった(ふねっしんではなかった)
Te form (de)不熱心で(ふねっしんで)
Adverbial (ni)不熱心に(ふねっしんに)
Conditional (nara)不熱心なら(ふねっしんなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym無関心むかんしんNeutralIndifference stressing a lack of interest; 「不熱心」 stresses not putting energy into something.
  • Synonym無関心さNeutralA nominalized way to say the degree of indifference; rarely used.
  • Related無気力むきりょくNeutralListlessness, having no energy — a broader term; 「不熱心」 applies to a particular thing.
  • Related無頓着むとんちゃくNeutralNot caring about or being particular about something, as in 「服装に無頓着」; 「不熱心」 stresses lacking drive.
  • Related無感動むかんどうWrittenWritten/formal prose for being unmoved, stressing dullness of feeling.
  • Related無気力さNeutralA nominalized way to say the state of lacking drive; rarely used.
  • Related無頓着さNeutralA nominalized way to say an attitude of not caring; rarely used.
  • Antonym熱心ねっしんNeutralEnthusiastic and eager, as in 「熱心な学生」; the direct opposite of 「不熱心」.

Use 「不熱心」 for not being active or diligent about something, as in 「勉強に不熱心」. For indifference use 「無関心」, for not caring at all 「無頓着」; 「無気力」 covers listlessness. 「熱心」 is the opposite, meaning enthusiastic.

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Japanese definitions
  1. あることに対たいして、興味きょうみや関心かんしんがなく、進すすんでやろうとしない様子ようす。
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