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不便

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

不便 — “inconvenient”

不便 (read ふべん) means inconvenient. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a な-adjective.

Reading

ふべん

Meaning

inconvenient

不便 in a sentence

駅えきから遠くとおくて不便ふべんです。

It's inconvenient because it's far from the station.

The kanji in 不便

不negative prefix (un-, in-, not)
便convenience; mail

Words that share a kanji with 不便

不ふ— un-, non-, in- (negative prefix)
不安ふあん— anxious, uneasy, worried
不可ふか— not allowed, failing, impossible
不幸ふこう— unhappy, unfortunate, miserable
不思議ふしぎ— mysterious, strange, wondrous
不自由ふじゆう— inconvenient, lacking, disabled
不正ふせい— injustice, dishonesty, fraud
不足ふそく— shortage, insufficiency, lack

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