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不ふ明めい

N1
ふめい fumei
  1. unknown
  2. obscure
  3. indistinct
  4. uncertain
  5. ambiguous
  6. ignorant
  7. lack of wisdom
  8. anonymous
  9. unidentified
な-adjectivenoun

Chinese meanings

不明

Examples

  • 彼かれがそれをした時じ間かんは不ふ明めいである。
    The time when he did it was not known.
    他做那件事的时间不明。
  • 火か事じの原げん因いんは不ふ明めいである。
    The cause of the fire is not known.
    火灾原因不明。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('4302df1674'); // 不明
{
  "id": "4302df1674",
  "word": "不明",
  "reading": "ふめい",
  "romaji": "fumei",
  "meanings": [
    "unknown",
    "obscure",
    "indistinct",
    "uncertain",
    "ambiguous",
    "ignorant",
    "lack of wisdom",
    "anonymous",
    "unidentified"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na",
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1495060,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼がそれをした時間は不明である。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}がそれをした{時間|じかん}は{不明|ふめい}である。",
      "en": "The time when he did it was not known.",
      "tatoeba_id": 120863
    },
    {
      "ja": "火事の原因は不明である。",
      "furigana": "{火事|かじ}の{原因|げんいん}は{不明|ふめい}である。",
      "en": "The cause of the fire is not known.",
      "tatoeba_id": 186688
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "a679ab7a19872576f331df0cd860cfed1c090653b48a32df24ba2752dbb2ff07",
    "meanings": [
      "不明"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼がそれをした時間は不明である。",
        "zh": "他做那件事的时间不明。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "火事の原因は不明である。",
        "zh": "火灾原因不明。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/4302df1674",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1495060; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "e9c0aae528d44fd446e7fe50a99d267de6922be36468e1818dac7ba049e71583"
  }
}