知らず
しらず
not having; unaffected by; aside; I don't know about ...
Meanings
Noun, suffix
not having; unaffected byConjunction
aside; I don't know about ...
Rare and archaic meanings (1)
- I know not whether; I know not ifArchaic
Example sentences
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The bottom has fallen out of the market.
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Penny wise, pound foolish.
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He who stays in the valley shall never get over the hill.
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
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He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
More examples (7)
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George began to climb all unawares.
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He is the kind of man who cannot do anything in moderation, but always goes to extremes.
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We often eat foods which are harmful to our health without knowing it.
世間知らずにもほどがある。井の中の蛙大海を知らず、ということかね。
I can't believe you're so clueless. You're like a babe in the woods.
生物は、実がついにそのうちの1つにわかり始めるまで、30億年以上の間、全くその理由を知らずに地球上に存在していた。
Living organisms had existed on earth, without ever knowing why, for over three thousand million years before the truth finally dawned on one of them.
ネイティブの子どもは、何年も学んだ非ネイティブが知らず今後も知り得ないたくさんのことを自身の言語について知っているものだ。
A child who is a native speaker usually knows many things about his or her language that a non-native speaker who has been studying for years still does not know and perhaps will never know.
多くの人は英語が世界を支配する現代の言語情勢を不公平さを容易に理解できる。とはいえ、たとえば異なる言語の知識人や指導者間での英語を通した比較的良好かつ直接的な対話というような全体的見地からの有用性も、また自身の英語知識による個人的な利点もまた認められるのである。エスペラントのような中立言語では、多くを知らず、情報を探すこともできない。
Many people easily understand the injustice of the current language situation in the world where English dominates. But they also see the collective advantages, as for example a relatively good and direct communication between intellectuals and leaders of different languages through the English language, and the personal advantages as their own knowledge of the English language. About a neutral language such as Esperanto, one does not know much and does not seek information.