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    3. 見ず知らず

    見ず知らず

    見みず​知しら​ず​

    strange

    KMT9News #35+1CoreEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab25 strokes

    みずしらず

    Particle

    1.
    strange, unfamiliar, unknown, new

    Noun

    2.
    unfamiliarity, strangeness, stranger

    Stroke 0 / 25

    Speed1.0x

    見みず知しらずの場ば所しょで迷まい子ごになった。

    I got lost in an unfamiliar place.

    KMT6Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    旅りょ行こう中ちゅう、見みず知しらずの道みちを歩あるくのも楽たのしみの一ひとつだ。

    Walking on unfamiliar roads is one of the joys of traveling.

    KMT8Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    見みず知しらずの人ひとに親しん切せつにしてもらい、感かん動どうした。

    I was moved by the kindness of a stranger.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    見みず知しらずの土と地ちで新あたらしい生せい活かつを始はじめるのは勇ゆう気きがいる。

    It takes courage to start a new life in an unfamiliar land.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily LifeTravel & Transportation
    見みず知しらずの環かん境きょうに飛とび込こむのは、不ふ安あんと期き待たいが入いり混まじる感かん情じょうだ。

    Plunging into an unknown environment is a mix of anxiety and anticipation.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    見
    み.る・み.える・み.せる…(1)
    see・hopes・chances・idea・opinion…(2)
    Kanji
    知
    し.る・し.らせる…(7)
    know・wisdom
    Kanji
    ず
    zu
    Kana
    ら
    ra
    Kana
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