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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

不ふ在ざい

fuzai

absence, being away

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは彼女かのじょが不在ふざいなので失望しつぼうした。

    I was disappointed at her absence.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしが不在ふざいの時ときは彼かれが私わたしの代理だいりです。

    He will be my deputy while I am away.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 父ちちは今いま不在ふざいです。

    Father is away now.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 不在

  • 不negative; non-Onフ・ブ
  • 在exist; outskirtsOnザイKunある

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