不明

Chinese

not; no
 
clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad.
(不明)		 不 明

Pronunciation

Verb

不明

  1. (literary) to not understand
  2. (literary) to not be clear; to not be known; to be unknown
    來路不明 / 来路不明  ―  láilù bùmíng  ―  to be of unknown origin
    去向不明  ―  qùxiàng bùmíng  ―  of unclear whereabouts
    失事原因不明。  ―  Shīshì yuányīn bùmíng.  ―  The cause of the crash is not known.
  3. (literary) to not shine
  4. (literary) to be unenlightened; to lack wisdom

Synonyms

  • (not understand):

Antonyms

  • (not understand):

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 明
ふ
Grade: 4		 めい
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjectival noun

不明 (-na inflection, hiragana ふめい, rōmaji fumei)

  1. unknown
    • 1916, 穂積陳重, 法窓夜話:
      第一 (だいいち)に、氏 (し)の生 (せい)死 (し)の年月 (ねんがつ)が不 (ふ)明 (めい)である。
      Daiichi ni, shi no seishi no nengatsu ga fumei de aru.
      To start with, the dates of his birth and death are unknown.
  2. unclear
    • 1915, 夏目漱石, 硝子戸の中:
      多 (た)分 (ぶん)この辺 (へん)だろうと推測 (すいそく)した私 (わたし)の見 (けん)当 (とう)は、当 (あた)っているのか、外 (はず)れているのか、それさえ不 (ふ)明 (めい)であった。
      Tabun kono hen darō to suisoku shita watashi no kentō wa, atatteiru no ka, hazureteiru no ka, sore sae fumei de atta.
      I thought it would be around there, but it was unclear if I was even right about that.
  3. indistinct

Inflection

Noun

不明 (hiragana ふめい, rōmaji fumei)

  1. uncertainty
  2. ignorance

References

  1. ↑ Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.
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