Illustration: Beside a bicycle parking shelter near a neighborhood shopping street, an older schoolboy blocks a younger student's path with one foot braced across the narrow exit. He wears his uniform carelessly and reaches toward the younger student's coin purse with a practiced, bullying smirk.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

不ふ良りょう

furyou

delinquent

Example sentences

  1. 不良ふりょうたちは彼かれを殴なぐり倒たおして財布さいふを奪うばった。

    The delinquents knocked him down and stole his wallet.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. うちのお姉ねえちゃん、中学校ちゅうがっこうの頃ころ、不良ふりょうだったのよ。

    My elder sister was a delinquent in junior high school.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. うちのお兄にいちゃん、高校こうこうの頃ころ、手てに負おえない程ほどの不良ふりょうだったのよ。

    My older brother was a real problem child in high school. Nobody could deal with him.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 不良

  • 不negative; non-Onフ・ブ
  • 良good; pleasingOnリョウKunよい・いい

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