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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

不ふ用よう意い

fuyoui

careless, thoughtless

Example sentences

  1. 不用意ふよういに秘密ひみつを洩もらしちゃだめだよ。

    Don’t spill the beans.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 不用意ふよういな言葉ことばは大おおきな災わざわいのもとになるであろう。

    Thoughtless speech may give rise to great mischief.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. これら皿さらなどの食器しょっきを手てに持もたない文化圏ぶんかけんでは、日本人にっぽんじんが不用意ふよういに食器しょっきを持もって口元くちもとに近ちかづけると、マナーに反はんすることにもなるので注意ちゅういが必要ひつようである。

    In cultural areas where people don’t hold dishes such as plates, Japanese people have to be careful that if they hold eating utensils carelessly and bring them closer to their mouths, that is against good manners.

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

Kanji in 不用意

  • 不negative; non-Onフ・ブ
  • 用utilize; businessOnヨウKunもちいる
  • 意idea; mindOnイ

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