不明 (fumei)
不明 (ふめい, fumei) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “unclear; obscure”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ふめい
- Romaji
- fumei
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- unclear; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous · な-adjective, noun
- unknown; unidentified · noun taking の, suffix
- ignorance; lack of wisdom; lack of insight · noun
Example sentences
良い新聞記者は、どんなニュース源からも、つまり、出所不明型のニュース源からも、学びとれるものはなんでも利用する。
A good newspaper reporter takes advantage of what he learns from any source, even the "little bird told him so" type of source.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 不明
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 不明だ | ふめいだ fumeida |
| Present (polite) | 不明です | ふめいです fumeidesu |
| Negative | 不明じゃない | ふめいじゃない fumeijanai |
| Past | 不明だった | ふめいだった fumeidatta |
| Negative past | 不明じゃなかった | ふめいじゃなかった fumeijanakatta |
| Te-form | 不明で | ふめいで fumeide |
| Before a noun | 不明な | ふめいな fumeina |
| Adverb (~ni) | 不明に | ふめいに fumeini |
Kanji in 不明
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 不明.
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 1495060 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.