不便
ふべん
hepburn fuben
inconvenient
Part of speech · na-adjective
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Examples
- この町はバスが少なくて不便です。This town is inconvenient because there are few buses.
- 駅から遠いと不便な時があります。Being far from the station is sometimes inconvenient.
Collocations
不便な場所不便な生活不便を感じる不便になる交通が不便
Mnemonic
不便 fuben — 不 (negative prefix) + 便 (convenience). 不 negates: it flips 便利 (benri, convenient) into its opposite. A na-adjective: 不便な場所 (an inconvenient place). 便 has two readings, べん (convenience) and びん (mail); here it is べん.
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