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    3. 不明

    不明

    不ふ明めい

    unclear

    N1KMT1News #2+1CoreEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab12 strokes

    ふめい

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    unclear, obscure, indistinct, uncertain, ambiguous

    Particle, Suffix

    2.
    unknown, unidentified

    Noun

    3.
    ignorance, lack of wisdom, lack of insight

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    彼かれの行ゆく方えは不ふ明めいです。

    His whereabouts are unknown.

    KMT1Daily Life
    原げん因いんはまだ不ふ明めいです。

    The cause is still unknown.

    KMT1Science & Math
    その事じ件けんには多おおくの不ふ明めいな点てんがある。

    There are many unclear points about that incident.

    KMT2Politics & Law
    宇う宙ちゅうにはまだ不ふ明めいなことがたくさんあります。

    There are still many unknown things in space.

    KMT2Science & Math
    その政せい策さくの将しょう来らいは不ふ明めい確かくだ。

    The future of that policy is unclear.

    KMT3Politics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    不
    negative・non-・bad・ugly・clumsy
    明
    あ.かり・あか.るい・あか.るむ・あか.らむ・あき.らか・あ.ける…(18)
    bright・light
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