む
無
り
理

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. unreasonable, unnatural, unjustifiable.
  2. impossible.
  3. forcible, forced, compulsory. Oft. adverbially as 〜に.

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective

  1. excessive (work, etc.), immoderate.

takes する, intransitive verb

  1. to work too hard, to try too hard.

interjection

Colloquialism.
  1. no way, not a chance, never, dream on.

takes genitive case の

Mathematics.
  1. irrational.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
む
無
り
理
 無理 むり ✔
　
ム
　
リ
 ムリ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

nothingness, none, ain't
ム　ブ　な.い (4th)
person(人) variant
40, forty
シュウ　よんじゅう　しじゅう
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ
logic, arrangement, reason
リ　ことわり　あや (2nd, N4)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
ri, village, parent's home
さと　リ　さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)