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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

不ふ問もん

fumon

overlooking, not questioning

Example sentences

  1. 頼朝よりともへ報告ほうこくする者ものが居いたが不問ふもんに付ふしたという。

    Upon hearing reports of this Yoritomo simply ignored them.

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

  2. 一年余いちねんあまりの戦たたかいの末すえに罪一切つみいっさい不問ふもんとすることでこれを収おさめた。

    At the end of fighting a war that lasted just over a year, the situation was brought under control with an offer for an amnesty for all crimes.

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

  3. 応募資格おうぼしかくは中卒以上ちゅうそついじょう・経験けいけん不問ふもん・年齢上限ねんれいじょうげんありというもので、研修期間けんしゅうきかんは6年間ねんかんである。

    Required qualifications for application are a minimum of a junior high school degree, no experience required, and un upper age limit, and the training period is six years.

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

Kanji in 不問

  • 不negative; non-Onフ・ブ
  • 問question; askOnモンKunとう・とい・とん

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