Illustration: At a neighborhood community center, a caretaker holds up a single child's mitten found after a winter gathering. Several departing families inspect it, but every child already wears a complete pair of visibly different mittens.

JLPT N2no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

不ふ明めい

fumei

unknown, unidentified

Example sentences

それ以来彼いらいかれらの消息しょうそくは不明ふめいだ。
They have never been heard of since.
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事故じこの原因げんいんは不明ふめいだ。
The cause of the accident is unknown.
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火事かじの原因げんいんは不明ふめいである。
The cause of the fire is not known.
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Kanji in 不明

不negative; non-Onフ・ブ
明bright; lightOnメイ・ミョウ・ミンKunあかり・あかるい・あかるむ

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