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生憎

生憎

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: S

Alternative forms

  • 合憎

Adjectival noun

生憎 (-na inflection, hiragana あいにく, romaji ainiku)

  1. unfortunate, unfortunately
  2. I'm sorry to say that...

Inflection

Noun

生憎 (hiragana あいにく, romaji ainiku)

  1. unluckiness, bad timing
    あいにく (あめ)試合 (しあい)中止 (ちゅうし)になった。
    Ainiku no ame de shiai wa chūshi ni natta.
    The game was called off due to the ill-timed rain.

Synonyms

  • おあいにくさま (oainikusama)