JLPT N1 · な-adjective

不意 (fui)

不意 (ふい, fui) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “sudden; abrupt”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ふい
Romaji: fui
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun

Example sentences

砦は不意に攻撃された。

The fort was attacked by surprise.

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

Conjugation of 不意

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	不意だ	ふいだ fuida
Present (polite)	不意です	ふいです fuidesu
Negative	不意じゃない	ふいじゃない fuijanai
Past	不意だった	ふいだった fuidatta
Negative past	不意じゃなかった	ふいじゃなかった fuijanakatta
Te-form	不意で	ふいで fuide
Before a noun	不意な	ふいな fuina
Adverb (~ni)	不意に	ふいに fuini

Kanji in 不意

不

negative, non-, badフ・ブ · 4 strokes

意

idea, mind, heartイ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 不意.

不便ふべんinconvenience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-

Source: JMdict entry 1491210 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.