- 無
- む【無】〔ない, なし, 存在しない, 虚無, むだ〕**nothing〖U〗
come to nothing 無に終る
*zero〖U〗《正式》少しもないことnaught〖U〗《文》bring O to naught …を無にする.
* * *Iむ【無】nothing; naught; nil; nihility; nullity; zero.●無から有を生むのは難しい. It's difficult to create something from nothing.
・無から有を生む発想 concept of making something from nothing.
●無にする bring sth to [set sth at] naught; spoil sth
・今までの努力を無にする waste [set back] sb's past efforts
・親切を無にする(=ありがたいと思わない) be unappreciative of sb's kindness; fail to appreciate an act of kindness
・せっかくのご好意を無にするのは誠に残念です. I regret very much that I can't avail myself of your kind offer.
・無になる[帰する] come [be brought] to naught [nothing]; go for [to] nothing; be in vain; be wasted; be lost; be thrown away; be expunged; fall through; go to waste
・ここでは教師の権限など無に等しい. The teacher's authority counts for nothing [is as nothing] here.
・パソコンに関する彼の知識は無に等しい. His knowledge of computer is nil [next to nothing].
II●無から有は生じない. Nothing comes from nothing. 【諺】
む-【無-】no 《…》; lack [absence] 《of…》; without 《…》; -free; -less; a-.●無鑑札 ⇒かんさつ3
・無議会政治 【史】 government without parliament
・無城の大名 a daimyo [feudal lord] without a castle
・無税の duty-free [⇒むぜい]
・無総督時代 【史】 〔オランダの〕 the stadtholderless period
・無周期の aperiodic [⇒ひしゅうき]
・保険料を納めないと将来無年金になってしまう. If the insurance premiums are not paid, then, in the future, you will not get a pension.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.