I Love Kanjiあいにく (ainiku)
あいにく is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “unfortunately; sorry, but ...”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あいにく
- Romaji
- ainiku
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- unfortunately; sorry, but ... · な-adjective, adverb, noun, noun taking の · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of あいにく
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | あいにくだ | あいにくだ ainikuda |
| Present (polite) | あいにくです | あいにくです ainikudesu |
| Negative | あいにくじゃない | あいにくじゃない ainikujanai |
| Past | あいにくだった | あいにくだった ainikudatta |
| Negative past | あいにくじゃなかった | あいにくじゃなかった ainikujanakatta |
| Te-form | あいにくで | あいにくで ainikude |
| Before a noun | あいにくな | あいにくな ainikuna |
| Adverb (~ni) | あいにくに | あいにくに ainikuni |
Source: JMdict entry 1379210 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.