🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
ぶじ【無事】 : buji | define meaning
buji
Pronunciation: [bud͡ʑi]
Definition
Noun
- Safety; safe and sound; unharmed
- (As an adverb) Safely; safe and sound; in one piece; alive and well; without incident; without any problems
- ぶじにちゃん【無事に来ゃーびたん】
buji ni chaabitan
"(I) arrived safely"
- ぶじにちゃん【無事に来ゃーびたん】
Etymology
Cognate with standard Japanese ぶじ【無事】 buji "safety". Ultimately from Chinese 【無事・无事】 "all right; safe; without incident; nothing further to say" (cf. Mandarin wúshì; Cantonese mou4 si6; Min Dong mò̤-dâi and ù-sê̤ṳ; Sino-Korean 무사 musa; and Sino-Vietnamese vô sự), reconstructed for Middle Chinese as *mju dzriH.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 無事 |
| Kana | ぶじ |
| Romanization | buji |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [bud͡ʑi] |
意味：ぶじ【無事】
無事
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, March 29). ぶじ【無事】 : buji | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, April 30, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/8386/buji/.