Illustration: In an apartment building’s shared meeting room, a broken ceramic flowerpot rests on the table between two residents who point at each other. The caretaker, wearing an uneasy smile, pulls a cloth over the pieces and ushers everyone toward the tea tray instead of settling the dispute.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

うやむや

uyamuya

vague, unresolved

Example sentences

  1. その問題もんだいをうやむやにしておくことはできない。

    We shouldn’t leave the matter unsettled.

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  2. うやむやな返事へんじでは予定よていを決きめられない。

    I can’t make plans based on a vague answer.

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  3. 会議かいぎの結論けつろんはうやむやなままだ。

    The meeting’s conclusion is still unclear.

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