Illustration: At a roadside police checkpoint in a Japanese residential district, a young adult has stepped out of the driver’s seat of a stopped car. An officer holds out a hand for a driving license, while the driver sheepishly opens an empty card holder and shakes his head.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

無む免めん許きょ

mumenkyo

being unlicensed

Example sentences

  1. トムは無免許むめんきょ運転うんてんで逮捕たいほされた。

    Tom was arrested for driving without a licence.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 髪かみのカット料りょう、1000円えんだったんだよ。今時珍いまどきめずらしいですよね。無免許むめんきょだったりして。

    My haircut only cost 1,000 yen. That’s pretty rare these days. He probably didn’t have a license.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 友人ゆうじんは無免許むめんきょで小型船こがたせんを操縦そうじゅうしていた。

    My friend was operating a small boat without a license.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 無免許

  • 無nothingness; noneOnム・ブKunない
  • 免excuse; dismissalOnメンKunまぬかれる・まぬがれる
  • 許permit; approveOnキョKunゆるす・もと

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