Kanji

不

negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

Kanji

Grade

Grade 4

Strokes

4 strokes

Radical

一部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

フ, ブ

Nanori (Name Reading)

ず

Common Readings

フ, ブ

Example sentences

彼が成功したのは少しも不思議ではない。

It is not at all strange that he succeeded.

この世には不思議なことがたくさんある。

There are many mysterious things in this world.

将来に不安を感じて、眠れなかった。

I felt anxious about the future and couldn't sleep.

今回の計画には多少の不安がある。

There is some anxiety about the plan this time.

努力なしに成功するのは不可能に近い。

Succeeding without effort is near impossible.

彼らの関係はもはや修復不可能だ。

Their relationship is already beyond repair.

彼は現状に不満を抱いている。

He is dissatisfied with the current situation.

彼は溜まっていた不満をすべて吐き出した。

He vented all the frustration he had been holding in.

身内に不幸があって、急遽実家に帰ることになった。

There was a death in the family, so I had to return to my hometown suddenly.

不幸な出来事が重なって、彼は元気をなくした。

Unfortunate events overlapped, and he lost his spirit.

Example Vocabulary

不満

ふまん

dissatisfaction; discontent; insufficiency

不幸

ふこう

unhappiness; misfortune; death in the family

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不

Kanji

Example sentences

Example Vocabulary

不思議

不安

不可能

不満

不幸

不機嫌

不意

不自然

不気味

不明

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