Vocabulary

What does 不 (ふ, fu) mean?

不 (ふ, fu) means un-, not (prefix read ふ: 不安 anxiety, 不便 inconvenient).

Quick facts
Readingふ
Romajifu
Part of speechprefix
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N3
ふ
N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonfu

un-, not (prefix read ふ: 不安 anxiety, 不便 inconvenient)

  1. 1prefix un-; non-

Example sentences

  • This station is in an inconvenient location.

  • I'm unhappy with his attitude.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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