| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 無い | ない | (to have) nothing, none there |
| 無し | なし | nothing |
| 無料 | むりょう | free of charge |
| 無くす | なくす | to lose something |
| 無くなる | なくなる | to disappear, to get lost |
| 御無沙汰 | ごぶさた | not writing or contacting for a while |
| 無 | ぶ | nothing, naught, nil, zero |
| 無沙汰 | ぶさた | neglecting to stay in contact |
| 無事 | ぶじ | safety, peace, quietness |
| 無地 | むじ | plain, unfigured |
| 無数 | むすう | countless number, infinite number |
| 無理 | むり | unreasonable |
| 皆無 | かいむ | nonexistent, nil, none |
| 無視 | むし | disregard, ignore |
| 間も無く | まもなく | soon, before long, in a short time |
| 無限 | むげん | infinite |
| 無駄な | むだな | futile; useless; pointless |
| 無駄 | むだ | futility, uselessness |
| 南無妙法蓮華経 | なむみょうほうれんげきょう | Glory to the Sutra, Hail Lotus Sutra |
| 南無阿弥陀仏 | なむあみだぶつ | I sincerely believe in Amitabha, Lord have mercy on me |
| 厘毛の軽重無し | りんもうのけいちょうなし | equal in weight, equal in significance |
| 唯一無二 | ゆいいつむに | one and only, unique |
| 国際無線通信諮問委員会 | こくさいむせんつうしんしもんいいんかい | Comite Consultatif International des Radiocommunications, CCIR |
| 変哲も無い | へんてつもない | usual, mediocre, monotonous |
| 天壌無窮 | てんじょうむきゅう | as eternal as heaven and earth |
| 年甲斐も無い | としがいもない | unbecoming, unsuitable, wrong for one's age, disgraceful |
| 悪虐無道 | あくぎゃくむどう, あくぎゃくぶどう | treacherous, heinous, treasonous, atrocious |
| 惜しみ無く | おしみなく | without stint, freely |
| 感慨無量 | かんがいむりょう | deep emotion, one's mind is filled with thousand emotions |
| 敢え無く | あえなく | sadly, tragically |
| 有耶無耶 | うやむや | indefinite, hazy, vague |
| 無作為 | むさくい | at random, unintentional |
| 無償 | むしょう | no compensation, free of charge |
| 無免許 | むめんきょ | unlicensed |
| 無党派層 | むとうはそう | unaffiliated voters, floating voters, swinging voters |
| 無冠 | むかん | uncrowned |
| 無効 | むこう | invalid, no effect, unavailable, illegal |
| 無国籍 | むこくせき | statelessness |
| 無報酬 | むほうしゅう | free of charge, gratuitous, without pay |
| 無尽蔵 | むじんぞう | inexhaustible supply |
| 無届け | むとどけ | without notice, without leave |
| 無常迅速 | むじょうじんそく | the (fast) pace at which life passes, the nearness of death |
| 無我夢中 | むがむちゅう | being absorbed in, losing oneself in |
| 無所属 | むしょぞく | independent |
| 無批判 | むひはん | uncritically |
| 無投票 | むとうひょう | without a vote |
| 無抵抗 | むていこう | nonresistance |
| 無援 | むえん | helpless, unsupporting |
| 無条件 | むじょうけん | unconditional |
| 無欲 | むよく | unselfish, disinterested, unavaricious, free of avarice |
| 無死 | むし | baseball with no outs |
| 無秩序 | むちつじょ | disorder, chaos, confusion |
| 無粋 | ぶすい | no sense of refinement, inelegant, lacking in polish, unromantic, boorish |
| 無線 | むせん | wireless, radio |
| 無縁 | むえん | unrelated, without relations, unidentified, indifferent |
| 無罪 | むざい | innocence |
| 無職 | むしょく | without an occupation |
| 無脊椎動物 | むせきついどうぶつ | invertebrate |
| 無臭 | むしゅう | odorless, odourless, unscented |
| 無菌 | むきん | sterilised, pasteurised, pasteurized |
| 無謀 | むぼう | reckless, thoughtless, recklessness |
| 無責任 | むせきにん | irresponsibility |
| 無邪気 | むじゃき | innocence, simple-mindedness |
| 無関係 | むかんけい | unrelated |
| 無頼 | ぶらい | villainy |
| 無駄にする | むだにする | to render futile, to bring to naught, to waste, to not make good use of |
| 無駄遣い | むだづかい | wasting ... on (e.g. money), squandering, waste, frittering away |
| 甲斐無し | かいなし | worthless, useless, hopeless |
| 縦横無尽 | じゅうおうむじん | freely, right and left, as one pleases |
| 荒唐無稽 | こうとうむけい | absurdity, nonsense, preposterous |
| 虚無 | きょむ | nihility, nothingness |
| 遮二無二 | しゃにむに | desperately, recklessly, rush headlong |
| 遺憾無く | いかんなく | unobjectionally, fully |