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    3. 不適切

    不適切

    不ふ適てき切せつ

    unsuitable

    KMT9Ref L1Noun, AdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab22 strokes

    ふてきせつ

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    unsuitable, inappropriate, improper

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    その発はつ言げんは不ふ適てき切せつだった。

    That remark was inappropriate.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの行こう動どうは公おおやけの場ばでは不ふ適てき切せつだ。

    His behavior is inappropriate in public.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    このような状じょう況きょうで不ふ適てき切せつなジョークを言いうべきではない。

    You shouldn't make inappropriate jokes in a situation like this.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    職しょく場ばでの不ふ適てき切せつな言げん動どうはハラスメントと見みなされる可か能のう性せいがある。

    Inappropriate speech and behavior in the workplace can be considered harassment.

    KMT9Work & CareerPolitics & Law
    SNSでの不での適ふてき切せつな投とう稿こうが問もん題だいになった。

    Inappropriate posts on social media became a problem.

    KMT9Internet & Social MediaEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    不
    negative・non-・bad・ugly・clumsy
    適
    かな.う…(1)
    suitable・occasional・rare・qualified・capable
    切
    き.る・-き.る・き.り・-き.り・-ぎ.り・き.れる…(9)
    cut・cutoff・be sharp
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