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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

無ぶ礼れい

burei

rude, impolite

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは無礼ぶれいな人ひとだ。

    He is a rude person.

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  2. 私わたしは無礼ぶれいだった。

    I was rude.

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  3. 彼かれは私わたしに無礼ぶれいをわびた。

    He apologized to me for his rudeness.

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Kanji in 無礼

  • 無nothingness; noneOnム・ブKunない
  • 礼salute; bowOnレイ・ライ

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