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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

理り不ふ尽じん

rifujin

unreasonable, unjust

Example sentences

  1. 理不尽りふじんな事ことばかり言いってると、そのうち痛いたい目めに遭あうぞ。

    If you keep saying senseless things, you’ll eventually be sorry for it.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 不条理ふじょうりな職場しょくばの理不尽りふじんな上司じょうし

    unjust workplace with an unreasonable boss

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 「饗応きょうおう」は春永はるながの理不尽りふじんないちゃもんに光秀みつひでの理路整然りろせいぜんとした言いいわけがうまく表現ひょうげんされている。

    In 'The Banquet,' there is an excellent depiction of Harunaga’s unreasonable accusation and Mitsuhide’s logical refutations.

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

Kanji in 理不尽

  • 理logic; arrangementOnリKunことわり
  • 不negative; non-Onフ・ブ
  • 尽exhaust; use upOnジン・サンKunつきる・つくす・つかす

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