無尽蔵|むじんぞうmujinzou[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. no-adjective, na-adjectiveinexhaustible supply
    私達わたしたちは、地球ちきゅうのエネルギー資源しげんをまるで無尽蔵むじんぞうであるかのように使つかってきた。↗
    We have used earth's energy resources as if they were limitless.
Conjugation
Plain form無尽蔵(むじんぞう)
Polite (desu)無尽蔵です(むじんぞうです)
Negative (dewa nai)無尽蔵ではない(むじんぞうではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)無尽蔵ではありません(むじんぞうではありません)
Past (datta)無尽蔵だった(むじんぞうだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)無尽蔵ではなかった(むじんぞうではなかった)
Te form (de)無尽蔵で(むじんぞうで)
Adverbial (ni)無尽蔵に(むじんぞうに)
Conditional (nara)無尽蔵なら(むじんぞうなら)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym無限むげんNeutralEveryday word for having no limit or boundary; broader in scope than 「無尽蔵」 and not tied specifically to resources or supplies.
  • Synonym限りないかぎりないNeutralStresses having no end; often carries emotional colouring, as in 「限りない愛」.
  • Synonym果てしないはてしないNeutralStresses that no end is in sight; often tinged with emotion or wonder.
  • Synonym果てしがないはてしがないNeutralMeans the same as 「果てしない」.
  • Related無制限むせいげんNeutralStresses that no upper limit is set, as in 「無制限に使える」.
  • Related計り知れないはかりしれないNeutralStresses a degree too deep or great to measure, as in 「計り知れない影響」.
  • Related無窮むきゅうWrittenWritten, formal word stressing no end in time or space; not tied specifically to resources.
  • Related広大無辺こうだいむへんWrittenFour-character idiom stressing vastness of space; written register, as in the boundlessness of the Buddha's law.
  • Related無辺際むへんさいWrittenWritten and rarely used; stresses vastness with no boundary in sight.
  • Related無極むきょくWrittenWritten and rarely used; also a technical term in taiji philosophy, so its use is specialized.
  • Related無限大むげんだいNeutralIn mathematics, having no upper bound; also used figuratively for something enormous, as in 「可能性は無限大」.
  • RelatedきりのないNeutralColloquial; stresses going on and on without end, often with a note of annoyance.
  • Antonym有限ゆうげんNeutralThe opposite of 「無尽蔵」 as an inexhaustible supply: finite, with limits.
  • Antonym限りあるかぎりあるNeutralThe opposite of 「無尽蔵」 as never running dry: limited in amount or extent.

Use 「無尽蔵」 for inexhaustible resources or talent, as in 「無尽蔵の資源」. For unlimited in general, use 「無限」; for boundless with no end in sight, 「果てしない」. The opposite is 「有限」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. いくら取とっても尽つきないほど、たくさん有あること。
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