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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

無ぶ作さ法ほう

busahou

ill-mannered, rude

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは無作法ぶさほうな返事へんじをした。

    He made a rude reply.

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  2. 人ひとを指差ゆびさすのは無作法ぶさほうだ。

    It is bad manners to point at people.

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  3. 彼かれの無作法ぶさほうには我慢がまんならない。

    I can’t abide his rudeness.

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Kanji in 無作法

  • 無nothingness; noneOnム・ブKunない
  • 作make; productionOnサク・サKunつくる・つくり
  • 法method; lawOnホウ・ハッ・ホッKunのり

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