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JLPT N4na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

不ふ便べん

fuben

inconvenient

Example sentences

  1. もし電話でんわがなければ、不便ふべんだろう。

    Without telephones, it would be inconvenient.

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  2. 電話でんわがないのは不便ふべんなことだ。

    Not having a telephone is an inconvenience.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 外国がいこくに住すんでいて不便ふべんを感かんじませんか。

    Don’t you feel any inconvenience living abroad?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 不便

  • 不negative; non-Onフ・ブ
  • 便convenience; facilityOnベン・ビンKunたより

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