Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 生憎(あいにく) in Japanese

生憎, 合憎
JLPT 3
Kana Reading
あいにく
Romaji
ainiku
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), adverb (fukushi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    unfortunately; Sorry, but ...
    Example sentence
    あいにく試合中止になった。 But, unfortunately, the game was called off due to rain.

Examples of 生憎, 合憎, あいにく in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 2

14 strokes

hate, detest

On'Yomi: ゾウ

Kun'Yomi: にく.む, にく.い, にく.らしい, にく.しみ

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JLPT 4

6 strokes

fit, suit, join, 0.1

On'Yomi: ゴウ, ガッ, カッ

Kun'Yomi: あ.う, -あ.う, あ.い, あい-, -あ.い, -あい, あ.わす, あ.わせる, -あ.わせる

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JLPT 5

5 strokes

life, genuine, birth

On'Yomi: セイ, ショウ

Kun'Yomi: い.きる, い.かす, い.ける, う.まれる, うま.れる, う.まれ, うまれ, う.む, お.う, は.える, は.やす, き, なま, なま-, な.る, な.す, む.す, -う

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憎

15 strokes

On'Yomi: ゾウ

Kun'Yomi: にくい, にくしみ, にくむ, にくらしい

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