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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

文無し

Reading

Kana: もんなし
Romaji: monnashi
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Definition

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penniless; broke

Kanji

Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い
Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

Example Sentences

文無(もんな)しなんだ。
➥I'm broke.
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(わたし)一文無(いちぶんな)しになった。
➥I've run out of money.
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仕事(しごと)失敗(しっぱい)して(わたし)文無(もんな)しになった。
➥The failure in business left me penniless.
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(かれ)文無(もんな)しも同然(どうぜん)だ。
➥He is no better than a beggar.
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(かれ)一文(いちぶん)なしだ((かれ)破産(はさん)した)。
➥He's broke.
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問題(もんだい)(かれ)文無(もんな)しであるということだ。
➥The problem is that he is penniless.
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