Illustration: At a home dining table, a seated adult loosely points toward two identical cups standing close together. Their fingertip aims into the gap between them, and their eyes remain on the plate they are drying.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

曖あい昧まい

aimai

vague, ambiguous

Example sentences

  1. これはちょっと曖昧あいまいだね。

    This is a little vague.

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  2. この文ぶんの意味いみは曖昧あいまいだ。

    The meaning of this sentence is ambiguous.

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  3. トムは曖昧あいまいな返事へんじをした。

    Tom gave a vague answer.

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Kanji in 曖昧

  • 曖dark; not clearOnアイKunくらい
  • 昧dark; foolishOnマイ・バイKunくらい・むさぼる

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