不誠実

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
せい
Grade: 6
じつ
Grade: 3
goon kan’on kan’yōon
Alternative spelling
不誠實 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From (fu-, un-) + 誠実 (seijitsu, sincerity, honesty).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーじつ [fùséꜜèjìtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ᵝse̞ːʑit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

()(せい)(じつ) • (fuseijitsu) 

  1. insincerity, dishonesty, lack of integrity, bad faith

Adjective

()(せい)(じつ) • (fuseijitsu) -na (adnominal ()(せい)(じつ) (fuseijitsu na), adverbial ()(せい)(じつ) (fuseijitsu ni))

  1. insincere, dishonest, unfaithful, untrustworthy

Inflection

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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