Illustration: On a rural Japanese railway, a two-car passenger train stands at a small platform well before a section of track washed away by a swollen stream. Both rails end at the damaged embankment, making onward travel visibly impossible.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

不ふ通つう

futsuu

service interruption

Used when transport or communications stop working. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 電話でんわは不通ふつうなの。

    The phones aren’t working.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 交通こうつうが全まったく不通ふつうになっている。

    Traffic is all tied up.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 大雪おおゆきのために鉄道てつどうは不通ふつうになっている。

    Because of the heavy snow, the railroad traffic has been interrupted.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 不通

  • 不negative; non-Onフ・ブ
  • 通traffic; pass throughOnツウ・ツKunとおる・とおり・とおす

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