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    3. 不能

    不能

    不ふ能のう

    impossible

    KMT6News #14+1CoreScience & MathKanji Vocab14 strokes

    ふのう

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    impossible, incapable (of doing), unable (to do)

    Noun

    2.
    incompetence, inability
    3.
    impotence
    4.
    having no solution (of an equation)
    mathematics

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    それは実じっ行こう不ふ能のうだ。

    That is impossible to execute.

    KMT4Core Concepts
    この機き械かいは故こ障しょうにより動どう作さ不ふ能のうになった。

    This machine became inoperable due to a breakdown.

    KMT6Technology
    事じ故こにより、彼かれは歩ほ行こう不ふ能のうになった。

    Due to the accident, he became unable to walk.

    KMT6Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    彼かれの提てい案あんは、現げん在ざいの技ぎ術じゅつでは実じつ現げん不ふ能のうであると判 断 された。

    His proposal was judged to be impossible to realize with current technology.

    KMT7TechnologyBusiness & Finance
    この方ほう程てい式しきには解かいが存そん在ざいせず、不ふ能のうである。

    This equation has no solution and is impossible (to solve).

    KMT8Science & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    不
    negative・non-・bad・ugly・clumsy
    能
    よ.く・あた.う…(5)
    ability・talent・skill・capacity
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