JLPT N1 · な-adjective

無礼 (burei)

無礼 (ぶれい, burei) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “rudeness; impoliteness”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ぶれい
Romaji: burei
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence · noun, な-adjective

Example sentences

彼の無礼さには我慢出来ない。

I can't stand his impoliteness.

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

Conjugation of 無礼

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	無礼だ	ぶれいだ bureida
Present (polite)	無礼です	ぶれいです bureidesu
Negative	無礼じゃない	ぶれいじゃない bureijanai
Past	無礼だった	ぶれいだった bureidatta
Negative past	無礼じゃなかった	ぶれいじゃなかった bureijanakatta
Te-form	無礼で	ぶれいで bureide
Before a noun	無礼な	ぶれいな bureina
Adverb (~ni)	無礼に	ぶれいに bureini

Kanji in 無礼

無

nothingness, none, ain'tム・ブ・な.い · 12 strokes

礼

salute, bow, ceremonyレイ・ライ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 無礼.

無くすなくすto lose (something)無理むりunreasonable無くなるなくなるto be lost (e.g. luggage)無むnothing有無うむexistence or nonexistence無視むしdisregarding無駄むだfutility無料むりょうfree (of charge)無しなしwithout無事ぶじsafety無ぶun-無限むげんinfinity無地むじplain無数むすうinnumerable

Source: JMdict entry 1531060 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.