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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

不ふ条じょう理り

fujouri

absurd, unreasonable

Example sentences

  1. 不条理ふじょうりな職場しょくばの理不尽りふじんな上司じょうし

    unjust workplace with an unreasonable boss

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. また、キャラクターの性格せいかくを用もちいるもの、既すでに1-3コマ目めが充分じゅうぶんに不条理ふじょうりであることを再認識さいにんしきさせるものなど、様々さまざまなパターンがある。

    There are various other patterns; some deal with the personalities of characters, whereas others remind readers of the fact that the first three frames are already absurd.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 何なにもしていない人ひとが責せめられるなんて、不条理ふじょうりだ。

    It’s absurd that someone who did nothing is being blamed.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 不条理

  • 不negative; non-Onフ・ブ
  • 条clause; itemOnジョウ・チョウ・デキKunえだ・すじ
  • 理logic; arrangementOnリKunことわり

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