JLPT N4 · な-adjective

不便 (fuben)

不便 (ふべん, fuben) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “inconvenience; inexpediency”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ふべん
Romaji: fuben
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness · noun, な-adjective

Example sentences

ここは公共の乗り物が不便だ。

This place isn't convenient to public transportation.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 不便

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	不便だ	ふべんだ fubenda
Present (polite)	不便です	ふべんです fubendesu
Negative	不便じゃない	ふべんじゃない fubenjanai
Past	不便だった	ふべんだった fubendatta
Negative past	不便じゃなかった	ふべんじゃなかった fubenjanakatta
Te-form	不便で	ふべんで fubende
Before a noun	不便な	ふべんな fubenna
Adverb (~ni)	不便に	ふべんに fubenni

Kanji in 不便

不

negative, non-, badフ・ブ · 4 strokes

便

convenience, facility, excrementベン・ビン・たよ.り · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 不便.

不ふun-不安ふあんanxiety不可ふかwrong不幸ふこうunhappiness不正ふせいinjustice不足ふそくinsufficiency不通ふつうsuspension不平ふへいdiscontent不満ふまんdissatisfaction不利ふりdisadvantage不思議ふしぎwonderful不自由ふじゆうdiscomfort不ぶun-不運ふうんmisfortune

Source: JMdict entry 1494860 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.