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不ふ明めい
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Meanings
Na-adjective
Noun
1. unclear; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous
No-adjective
Suffix
2. unknown; unidentified
Noun
3. ignorance; lack of wisdom; lack of insight
Kanji used
不negative明bright
Pitch accent
ふめい
Used in vocabulary
行方ゆくえ不ふ明めい
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
No-adjective
意い味み不ふ明めい
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
Na-adjective
意い識しき不ふ明めい
(state of) unconsciousness
Noun
原げん因いん不ふ明めい
cause unknown
Noun
不ふ明めい確かく
inaccurate; indistinct; imprecise; unclear; indecisive
Na-adjective
使し途と不ふ明めい金きん
unaccounted-for expenditures
Noun
安あん否ぴ不ふ明めい
fate (safety) of a person (persons) being unknown
Noun
消しょう息そく不ふ明めい
untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
Noun
正しょう体たい不ふ明めい
unidentifiable; unidentified
Noun
所しょ属ぞく不ふ明めい
of unknown affiliation
No-adjective
真しん偽ぎ不ふ明めい
dubious; doubtful; of unknown authenticity
Noun
身み元もと不ふ明めい
(a person or body being) unidentifiable (unidentified)
Noun
Examples9
A good newspaper reporter takes advantage of what he learns from any source, even the "little bird told him so" type of source.
The cause of the accident is unknown.
The cause of the accident is not known to us.
At present, the cause of the disease is unknown.
The cause of the fire is not known.
They have never been heard of since.