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不能
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 不能.
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Entry
1
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
impossible; incapable (of doing); unable (to do)
Examples
説得不能を感知してか、黒崎先生はため息をついて席に着いた。
Perhaps having realized it was impossible to persuade her, Ms. Kurosaki sighed and sat down in her seat.
2
incompetence; inability
3
impotence
Examples
不能になりました。
I've become impotent.
4
Mathematics
having no solution (of an equation)
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