Kanji1 / 4
不 kanji
negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
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Kun readings
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LevelWord & meaningActions
- —万古不易eternally unchanging
- —狷介不羈stubbornly sticking to one's own convictions; being stubbornly independent
- —不立文字Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism)
- —安否不明fate (safety) of a person (persons) being unknown
- —一生不犯(strict) observance of the Buddhist precept of lifelong celibacy
- —永久不変permanence; forever unchanging
- —学業不振poor academic performance; underachievement
- —挙動不審suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
- —形勢不利situation (turn of events) being unfavorable (disadvantageous)
- —恒久不変permanent and immutable
- —金剛不壊firm and solid; sturdy and indestructible; unshakable; adamantine
- —再起不能being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
- —四十不惑at age forty, one has no doubts
- —社内不倫adulterous love affair with someone at work
- —消息不明untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
- —正体不明unidentifiable; unidentified
- —所属不明of unknown affiliation
- —真偽不明dubious; doubtful; of unknown authenticity
- —生活不安worry (uncertainty, uneasiness, insecurity) about one's life (future)
- —政策不況policy-induced slump; stagnation resulting from poor economic policies