JLPT N2 · な-adjective

不潔 (fuketsu)

不潔 (ふけつ, fuketsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “unclean; dirty”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ふけつ
Romaji: fuketsu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

unclean; dirty; unsanitary; filthy · な-adjective, noun
indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene; immoral · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

レストランの不潔な皿に私達は吐き気を催させられた。

The dirty plates in the restaurant disgusted us.

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

Conjugation of 不潔

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	不潔だ	ふけつだ fuketsuda
Present (polite)	不潔です	ふけつです fuketsudesu
Negative	不潔じゃない	ふけつじゃない fuketsujanai
Past	不潔だった	ふけつだった fuketsudatta
Negative past	不潔じゃなかった	ふけつじゃなかった fuketsujanakatta
Te-form	不潔で	ふけつで fuketsude
Before a noun	不潔な	ふけつな fuketsuna
Adverb (~ni)	不潔に	ふけつに fuketsuni

Kanji in 不潔

不

negative, non-, badフ・ブ · 4 strokes

潔

undefiled, pure, cleanケツ・いさぎよ.い · 15 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 不潔.

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 1492160 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.