無意識|むいしきmuishiki[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. noununconsciousness
2. na-adjective, no-adjectiveunconscious; involuntary; automatic; mechanical; unintentional; spontaneous
   お母かあさんは無意識むいしきに椅子いすをつかんだ。↗

   Unconsciously my mom took hold of the chair.
3. noun, psychoanalysisthe unconscious

• Synonym前後不覚ぜんごふかくWrittenA written four-character idiom for being dead drunk or unconscious, with no memory of what one did; not for everyday involuntary actions.
• Synonym無自覚むじかくNeutralNeutral word for lacking self-awareness, being unaware of one's own problems or behavior; the focus is on absence of self-knowledge.
• Related反射的はんしゃてきNeutralNeutral word for immediate, instinctive reactions to a stimulus, as in 「反射的に避ける」; the focus is on reflex-like response.
• Related無意識的むいしきてきNeutralNeutral adjectival form of the headword: describes actions done subconsciously or involuntarily, without the doer realizing it.
• Antonym意識いしきNeutralThe opposite of the headword: consciousness or awareness of oneself and the world around you.

Use 「無意識」 for doing something without thinking, as in 「無意識に手が動く」, and for the subconscious; 「無自覚」 for lacking self-awareness, 「反射的」 for instinctive reactions, 「前後不覚」 for being dead drunk or unconscious; the opposite is 「意識」.

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

1. 意識いしきが失うしなわれていること。
2. 自分じぶんがしていることに気きづかないこと。
3. 潜在せんざい意識いしき。