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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

不ふ当とう

futou

unfair, unjustified

Example sentences

  1. その女性じょせいは不当ふとうに私わたしを責せめた。

    That woman has wrongly accused me.

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  2. あなたは彼かれの不当ふとうな要求ようきゅうに屈くっしてはいけない。

    You must not give in to his unreasonable demands.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. その不当ふとうな扱あつかいを口々くちぐちに訴うったえた。

    Everyone complained about the unfair treatment.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 不当

  • 不negative; non-Onフ・ブ
  • 当hit; appropriateOnトウKunあたる・あたり・あてる

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