Japanese symbol for “ennui”
無事
ぶじ
Romaji: buji
safety; security; peace; quiet
In Japanese, ennui is 無事, read ぶじ (buji).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- adj-na, n safety; security; peace; quiet
- adv, n safely; without incident; successfully
- adj-na, n good health
- n inaction; ennui
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “ennui”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 倦怠 | けんたい kentai | weariness; fatigue; languor |
| アンニュイ | アンニュイ annyui | ennui; boredom; listlessness |
| 屈託 | くったく kuttaku | ennui; boredom |
| 徒然 | つれづれ tsurezure | tedium; boredom; ennui |
| 脱力感 | だつりょくかん datsuryokukan | ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 無料 | むりょう muryou | free (of charge); gratuitous |
| 無理 | むり muri | unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable |
| 無駄 | むだ muda | futility; waste; uselessness |
| 無線 | むせん musen | radio (communication) |
| 無理やり | むりやり muriyari | forcibly; by force; against one's will |
| 仕事 | しごと shigoto | work; job; labor |
| 事件 | じけん jiken | event; affair; incident |
| 記事 | きじ kiji | article; news story; report |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.