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    3. 行方不明

    行方不明

    行ゆく方え不ふめ明い

    missing (of a person)

    KMT9Ref L1Noun, ParticleDaily LifeKanji Vocab22 strokes

    ゆくえふめい

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    missing (of a person), lost, unaccounted for, whereabouts unknown

    Stroke 0 / 22

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは昨きの日うから行ゆく方え不ふめ明いだ。

    He has been missing since yesterday.

    KMT7Daily Life
    警けい察さつは、行ゆく方え不ふめ明いになった子こ供どもの捜そう索さくを続つづけている。

    The police are continuing the search for the missing child.

    KMT9Daily LifePolitics & Law
    ペットが行ゆく方え不ふめ明いになったので、近きん所じょにポスターを貼はった。

    My pet went missing, so I put up posters in the neighborhood.

    KMT9Daily LifeAnimals
    登と山ざん中ちゅうに道みちに迷まよい、一いち時じ行ゆく方え不ふめ明いになったが、無ぶ事じ救きゅう助じょされた。

    I got lost while hiking and was temporarily missing, but was safely rescued.

    KMT9Daily LifeTravel & TransportationNature & Environment
    災さい害がい発はっ生せい後ご、多おおくの住じゅう民みんが行ゆく方え不ふめ明いとなり、安あん否ぴ確かく認にんが急いそがれている。

    After the disaster, many residents went missing, and urgent efforts are being made to confirm their safety.

    KMT10Daily LifeNature & EnvironmentPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    行
    い.く・ゆ.く・-ゆ.き・-ゆき・-い.き・-いき…(11)
    going・journey・carry out・conduct・act…(3)
    方
    かた・-かた・-がた…(9)
    direction・person・alternative
    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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