微塵

みじん

Also written びじん

Meanings

1. Noun particle; atom; little piece
2. Noun, の-adjective not at all; not the slightest (used with neg. verb, often as 微塵も〜ない)

Kanji

• 微 slight
• 塵 dust; trash; garbage. Read as ジン.

Example sentences

• 彼には親切心などみじんもない。
  He doesn't have a particle of kindness in his heart.

Words containing 微塵

• 粉微塵 (こなみじん) in very small pieces
• 木端微塵 (こっぱみじん) broken into small fragments
• 微塵粉 (みじんこ) rice granules

Word lists

• JLPT N1

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