http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/absence Questions tagged with 'absence' at Ask MetaFilter. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:41:32 -0800 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:41:32 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/98665/Common%2Duse%2Dof%2DJapanese%2DMu%2DPrefix I am looking for interesting uses of the prefix 'mu' (無) in Japanese. I want to find an example of mu's general use that attains to its meaning as -less or an absence of. The example I have currently, 無線 'musen' meaning 'wireless', is a little boring. I lived in Japan for 2 years, but my Japanese is very bad and getting worse. Any interesting words or concepts would be extremely helpful.<br> <br> Thanks tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.98665 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:41:32 -0800 absence japanese language meaning mu translation words 0bvious http://ask.metafilter.com/35909/A%2Dsingle%2Dword%2Dwhich%2Dmeans%2Dnegatively%2Ddefined Is there a single word which means "negatively defined" (or "defined by its opposite" or "defined by not being other things" or "defined by the absence of something")? In English if you can manage (I cannot think of one), but maybe in another language? German perhaps? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.35909 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:07:55 -0800 absence definition language meaning negativelydefined word words unknowncommand