生憎

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: S

Alternative forms

Adjectival noun

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

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

Inflection

Noun

生憎 (hiragana あいにく, rōmaji ainiku)

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

See also

  • 生憎様 (あいにくさま) (o-ainiku-sama)
  •  (ざん) (ねん)ながら (zannen nagara)
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