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不足

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

不足 — “shortage, insufficiency, lack”

不足 (read ふそく) means shortage, insufficiency, lack. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

ふそく

Meaning

shortage, insufficiency, lack

不足 in a sentence

睡眠すいみん不足ふそくで疲つかれる。

To be tired from lack of sleep.

The kanji in 不足

不negative prefix (un-, in-, not)
足leg, foot; to be enough

Words that share a kanji with 不足

不便ふべん— inconvenient
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

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