不適切

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 適 切
ふ
Grade: 4
てき
Grade: 5
せつ
Grade: 2
goon kan’yōon kan’on

Etymology

From 不(ふ) (fu-, “un-, non-, in-”) + 適(てき)切(せつ) (tekisetsu, “appropriacy, adequacy, propriety”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ふて​きせつ [fùtéꜜkìsètsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝte̞kʲise̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Adjective

不(ふ)適(てき)切(せつ) • (futekisetsu) -na (adnominal 不(ふ)適(てき)切(せつ)な (futekisetsu na), adverbial 不(ふ)適(てき)切(せつ)に (futekisetsu ni))

  1. improper, unsuitable

Inflection

Synonyms

Noun

不(ふ)適(てき)切(せつ) • (futekisetsu) 

  1. improperity, unsuitability

References

  1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
不適切

Noun

不適切 • (bujeokjeol) (hangeul 부적절)

  1. Hanja form? of 부적절 (“to be inappropriate, to be unsuitable”).
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