不明|ふめいfumei[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjective, noununclear; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous
  2. no-adjective, suffixunknown; unidentified
    良よい新聞しんぶん記者きしゃは、どんなニュース源げんからも、つまり、出所しゅっしょ不明ふめい型がたのニュース源げんからも、学まなびとれるものはなんでも利用りようする。↗
    A good newspaper reporter takes advantage of what he learns from any source, even the "little bird told him so" type of source.
  3. nounignorance; lack of wisdom; lack of insight
Conjugation
Plain form不明(ふめい)
Polite (desu)不明です(ふめいです)
Negative (dewa nai)不明ではない(ふめいではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)不明ではありません(ふめいではありません)
Past (datta)不明だった(ふめいだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)不明ではなかった(ふめいではなかった)
Te form (de)不明で(ふめいで)
Adverbial (ni)不明に(ふめいに)
Conditional (nara)不明なら(ふめいなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Japanese definitions
  1. わからないこと、はっきりしないこと、確定かくていしないこと。
  2. 見識けんしきに欠かけること、物ものを見みる目めがないこと。
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