JLPT N1 · な-adjective

不良 (furyou)

不良 (ふりょう, furyou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “bad; poor”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ふりょう
Romaji: furyou
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

bad; poor; inferior; defective · noun taking の, な-adjective, noun
delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan · noun, noun taking の, な-adjective

Example sentences

彼は不良仲間とぐるになっていた。

He fell into bad company.

Tatoeba #100444

不良たちは彼を殴り倒して財布を奪った。

The delinquents knocked him down and stole his wallet.

Tatoeba #85030

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

Conjugation of 不良

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	不良だ	ふりょうだ furyouda
Present (polite)	不良です	ふりょうです furyoudesu
Negative	不良じゃない	ふりょうじゃない furyoujanai
Past	不良だった	ふりょうだった furyoudatta
Negative past	不良じゃなかった	ふりょうじゃなかった furyoujanakatta
Te-form	不良で	ふりょうで furyoude
Before a noun	不良な	ふりょうな furyouna
Adverb (~ni)	不良に	ふりょうに furyouni

Kanji in 不良

不

negative, non-, badフ・ブ · 4 strokes

良

good, pleasing, skilledリョウ・よ.い・-よ.い · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 不良.

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 1495290 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.