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    3. 不毛

    不毛

    不ふ毛もう

    barren

    KMT9News #26+1CoreNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab8 strokes

    ふもう

    Noun, Particle, Adjective

    1.
    barren, sterile, infertile

    Noun, Adjective, Particle

    2.
    unproductive (e.g. discussion), fruitless

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    この土と地ちは不ふ毛もうだ。

    This land is barren.

    KMT6Nature & Environment
    砂さ漠ばくの不ふ毛もうな大だい地ちには、ほとんど植しょく物ぶつが生はえない。

    Few plants grow in the barren lands of the desert.

    KMT9Nature & Environment
    彼かれらの議ぎ論ろんは不ふ毛もうに終おわり、何なんの解かい決けつ策さくも生うまれなかった。

    Their discussion ended fruitlessly, and no solutions were born.

    KMT9Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology
    火か山ざん噴ふん火かによって、かつて肥ひ沃よくだった土と地ちが不ふ毛もうの地ちと化 した。

    Due to the volcanic eruption, the once fertile land became barren.

    KMT9Nature & Environment
    不ふ毛もうな議ぎ論ろんを続つづけるよりも、具ぐ体たい的てきな行こう動どうを起おこすべきだ。

    Instead of continuing a fruitless discussion, we should take concrete action.

    KMT9Work & CareerDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    不
    negative・non-・bad・ugly・clumsy
    毛
    け…(3)
    fur・hair・feather・down
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