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    3. 不調

    不調

    不ふ調ちょう

    bad condition

    N1KMT5News #9+1Emotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab19 strokes

    ふちょう

    Noun, Particle, Adjective

    1.
    bad condition, poor condition, disorder, slump, being out of form

    Noun, Adjective

    2.
    failure, rupture, breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)

    Stroke 0 / 19

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    最さい近きん、体からだの調ちょう子しが不ふ調ちょうです。

    Recently, my physical condition has been poor.

    KMT4Daily LifeEmotions & PsychologyMedicine & Health
    彼かれは試し合あいで不ふ調ちょうだったが、次つぎの試し合あいでは活かつ躍やくした。

    He was out of form in the game, but he performed well in the next one.

    KMT5Sports & Martial ArtsEmotions & Psychology
    精せい神しん的てきな不ふ調ちょうが原げん因いんで、仕し事ごとに集しゅう中ちゅうできませんでした。

    I couldn't concentrate on work due to a mental slump.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    交こう渉しょうは不ふ調ちょうに終おわり、合ごう意いには至いたりませんでした。

    The negotiations ended in failure, and no agreement was reached.

    KMT6Business & FinancePolitics & Law
    経けい済ざいの不ふ調ちょうが続つづき、多おおくの企き業ぎょうが苦く境きょうに立たたされています。

    The economic slump continues, putting many companies in a difficult situation.

    KMT7Business & FinancePolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    不
    negative・non-・bad・ugly・clumsy
    調
    しら.べる・しら.べ・ととの.う・ととの.える…(3)
    tune・tone・meter・key (music)・writing style…(5)
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