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あいにく

N3
ainiku
  1. unfortunately
  2. Sorry
  3. but....
な-adjectiveadverbnounの-adjective

Chinese meanings

不巧;遗憾的是

Examples

  • あいにく私わたしはお金かねを持もっていない。
    Unfortunately I have no money with me.
    不巧,我身上没带钱。
  • あいにくですが、彼かれは外がい出しゅつ中ちゅうです。
    Sorry, but he is out now.
    不好意思,他出去了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('3c8f324542'); // あいにく
{
  "id": "3c8f324542",
  "word": "あいにく",
  "reading": "あいにく",
  "romaji": "ainiku",
  "meanings": [
    "unfortunately",
    "Sorry",
    "but...."
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na",
    "adv",
    "n",
    "adj-no"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1379210,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "あいにく私はお金を持っていない。",
      "furigana": "あいにく{私|わたし}はお{金|かね}を{持|も}っていない。",
      "en": "Unfortunately I have no money with me.",
      "tatoeba_id": 234565
    },
    {
      "ja": "あいにくですが、彼は外出中です。",
      "furigana": "あいにくですが、{彼|かれ}は{外出中|がいしゅつちゅう}です。",
      "en": "Sorry, but he is out now.",
      "tatoeba_id": 234573
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "5d8416dbab4411dd418cec03d0bda11fc3856830586a09af0025664c647c770b",
    "meanings": [
      "不巧",
      "遗憾的是"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "あいにく私はお金を持っていない。",
        "zh": "不巧,我身上没带钱。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "あいにくですが、彼は外出中です。",
        "zh": "不好意思,他出去了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/3c8f324542",
      "JMdict_e.gz, ent_seq 1379210",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "fd742252da95ef5f49bb40c5913a85f306dacc879e647d671f578d2c8eeab68c"
  }
}