知らず

不知

Reading

Kana: しらず

Romaji: shirazu

Definitions

n-suf

1

not having; unaffected by

conj

2

aside; I don't know about ...

Note: often as ～は知らず

3

I know not whether; I know not if

Note: at the beginning of a sentence

Note: archaism

Kanji

知

Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる

Meanings: know, wisdom

不

Readings: フ、 ブ

Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

Example Sentences

親(おや)の心子知(しんこし)らず。

➥It is a wise father that knows his own child.

彼(かれ)は世間知(せけんし)らずだ。

➥He is ignorant of the world.

妻(つま)は世間知(せけんし)らずです。

➥My wife is ignorant of the world.

私(わたし)は世間知(せけんし)らずだ。

➥He is ignorant of the world.

そこ知(し)らずの相場(そうば)だ。

➥The bottom has fallen out of the market.

トムは礼儀知(れいぎし)らずだ。

➥Tom has no manners.