未知
みち
not yet known; unknown; strange
JLPT N1 Common word
Meanings
No-adjective, Noun
not yet known; unknown; strange
Example sentences
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The known must be separated from the unknown.
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He travels about the world gathering facts about little known countries.
未知の語に出会った時には、辞書で調べなければならない。
When you come across new words, you must look them up in your dictionary.
ソフイーは未知の差し出し人からまた手紙が来るのを心待ちにしていた。
Sophie had been looking forward to getting another letter from the unknown sender.
過去は知られているが変えられない。未来は未知だが変えることができる。
The past can only be known, not changed. The future can only be changed, not known.
More examples (2)
しかしながら、未知の外国語を聞くとき、我々は異なる単語を聞き分けることができず、発言をほとんど休止のない音の連続であると認識します。
However, when listening to an unknown foreign language, our ability to discern different words is lost, and we recognize speech as being a stream of sounds without many pauses.
思考と発話とが相互依存することからわかるように、言語は、既成の事実を捉えるための手段というよりも、未知なる真実を見つけ出すための手段である。その多様性は、音声や記号ではなく世界観の多様性なのだ。
The interdependence of thought and speech makes it clear that languages are not so much a means of expressing truth that has already been established, but a means of discovering truth that was previously unknown. Their diversity is a diversity not of sounds and signs but of ways of looking at the world.