Illustration: At the entrance to a small neighborhood cinema, an attendant gently stops a visitor who has presented a ticket stub with its detachable admission section already missing. The attendant points to the torn edge while holding an intact matching ticket from the next customer.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

無む効こう

mukou

invalid, void

Example sentences

  1. 無理矢理むりやりサインをさせられたのなら、その契約けいやくは無効むこうです。

    The contract, if you were forced to sign it, is invalid.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この証書しょうしょは完全かんぜんに無効むこうである。

    This bond is null and void.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. その遺言ゆいごんは法廷ほうていで無効むこうと宣告せんこくされた。

    The will was declared void by the court.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 無効

  • 無nothingness; noneOnム・ブKunない
  • 効merit; efficacyOnコウKunきく・ききめ・ならう

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