未経験|みけいけんmikeiken[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. no-adjective, na-adjectiveinexperienced
    彼かれは若わかくて未経験みけいけんだがやる気き満々まんまんだ。↗
    He is young and inexperienced, but quite enterprising.
Conjugation
Plain form未経験(みけいけん)
Polite (desu)未経験です(みけいけんです)
Negative (dewa nai)未経験ではない(みけいけんではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)未経験ではありません(みけいけんではありません)
Past (datta)未経験だった(みけいけんだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)未経験ではなかった(みけいけんではなかった)
Te form (de)未経験で(みけいけんで)
Adverbial (ni)未経験に(みけいけんに)
Conditional (nara)未経験なら(みけいけんなら)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym不慣れふなれNeutralMeans unfamiliar or unaccustomed, as in 「不慣れな土地」; 「未経験」 is about never having done something at all.
  • Related未熟みじゅくNeutralRefers to immature skills or an immature mind, as in 「未熟者」; 「未経験」 only means you have never done or experienced something.
  • RelatedウブNeutralDescribes someone naive and unsophisticated, often about romance; 「未経験」 simply states that one has no experience of something.
  • Related半可はんかWrittenWritten/formal prose; suggests half-baked knowledge, usually as 「生半可」; carries a negative nuance.
  • Related生熟れなまなれWrittenWritten/formal prose; means green and unskilled, but is rarely used — say 「未熟」 instead in most cases.
  • Antonym熟練じゅくれんNeutralMeans skilled and seasoned through practice — the opposite of 「未経験」's complete lack of experience.
  • Antonym経験済みけいけんずみNeutralMeans having already experienced something — the opposite of 「未経験」's never having done it.

Use 「未経験」 for something you have never done, as in 「未経験者歓迎」. For immature skills or character say 「未熟」, for being unaccustomed 「不慣れ」. 「経験済み」 and 「熟練」 are the opposites: already experienced, or highly skilled.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. まだ経験けいけんしたことがないこと。また、そのようなさま。
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