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unconditional, without conditions
Having no conditions, requirements, or strings attached. Used in diplomatic, legal, emotional, and everyday contexts to describe something given or accepted without any prerequisites.
無条件で賛成する。
I agree unconditionally.
親の愛は無条件だと言われている。
It is said that a parent's love is unconditional.
敵は無条件降伏を受け入れるしかなかった。
The enemy had no choice but to accept unconditional surrender.
GRAMMAR:
Used as a の-adjective: 無条件の愛 (unconditional love). Also used adverbially with で: 無条件で (unconditionally, without conditions).
USAGE:
Combines 無 (without) and 条件 (condition). The historical phrase 無条件降伏 (unconditional surrender) is well known from its use in describing Japan's surrender in 1945.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 無条件降伏: unconditional surrender
- 無条件の愛: unconditional love
- 無条件で受け入れる: to accept unconditionally
- 無条件賛成: unconditional agreement