1.
unnaturalness; awkwardness; artificiality
The quality of seeming unnatural, forced, or contrived. Describes something that feels off or doesn't flow naturally—applied to behavior, speech, appearance, or situations.
不自然さを感じた。
I sensed something unnatural.
その説明には不自然さが残る。
That explanation still has an air of unnaturalness about it.
彼の笑顔の不自然さに周囲は気づいていた。
Those around him had noticed the forced quality of his smile.
Formed by adding the suffix さ to the na-adjective 不自然 (unnatural). Nominalizes the quality, allowing it to be treated as a thing that can be felt, noticed, or pointed out. Common in literary writing, criticism, and everyday observations about behavior.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 不自然さを感じる: to sense unnaturalness
- 不自然さが残る: unnaturalness remains
- 不自然さに気づく: to notice the unnaturalness
- 不自然さがない: there is no unnaturalness (it feels natural)
- 不自然さを消す: to eliminate the unnaturalness
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 違和感: sense of something being off — a subjective feeling that something is wrong or doesn't fit, broader than 不自然さ
- {ぎこちなさ}: awkwardness, stiffness — specifically about movement or behavior that lacks smoothness
- {わざとらしさ}: deliberate artificiality — implies something is obviously done on purpose to deceive