無性

むせい

Meanings

1. の-adjective, Noun sexless; nonsexual; asexual
2. asexual; agamic
3. genderless

Kanji

• 無 without. Read as ム.
• 性 nature. Read as セイ.

Example sentences

• 普段あまり食べないのに、お茶漬けをさらさらと食べているコマーシャルを見ると、無性に食べたくなってしまう。
  I don't usually eat it, but because I saw the commercial where the person was slurping down ochazuke, it made me really crave it.
• 無性に泣きたくなる時ってない？
  Aren't there times when you overwhelmingly want to weep?
• 疲れが溜まると無性に体に悪いもの食べたくなるのなんでなんだろう。
  I wonder why when we get tired, we want to eat a lot of junk food.
• 無性にお菓子が食べたい。
  I very much want to eat sweet confections.

Common phrases

• 無性に食べる

Words containing 無性

• 無性愛 (むせいあい) asexuality (lack of sexual attraction to others)
• 無性生殖 (むせいせいしょく) asexual reproduction
• 無性語 (むせいご) gender neutral word

And 3 more.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists