Word details

不肖

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 不肖.

Dictionary

Entry

不肖しょうFreq #19642
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun

unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.)

2

Humble; Pronoun

I; me

3

Formal or literary term; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun; Used self-referentially

incompetent; unskilled; inexperienced; foolish

4

Archaic; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun

unfortunate; unlucky

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

4 strokesFrequency 101JLPT N3Grade 4

On

resemblance

7 strokesFrequency 1,889JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ショウ

Kun

あやか.る

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