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Keyword
negative
Info
FrequencyTop 100
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig1302
Readings
ふ
(93%)
ぶ
(5%)
Mnemonic

You know how we use the height above the sea level to measure the elevation of a given piece of land, and everything below the sea level has a negative elevation? Here we have a pictograph of the sea level (the stroke at the top), and an arrow pointing to it from below.

Used in kanji (8 in total)
否
negate
杯
cup of liquid
歪
distort
盃
cup of liquid [old]
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Used in vocabulary (1278 in total)
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
1275 more...
Examples (200 in total)
I always wondered about that.
This is really a very strange affair.
I wondered why people were staring at me.
It was a strange night.
What a strange guy!
He wondered why she did that.
It is no wonder that she didn't want to go.
He felt uneasy.
It was a strange affair.
Japan is a strange country.
Such a strange thing is not likely to happen.
This place has a mysterious atmosphere.
How strange life is!
Strangely enough, I didn't feel any pain at all.
Strangely enough, he failed.
It is strange that you should fail.
His face registered fear and anxiety.
It is no wonder that he has succeeded.
After he left, she started feeling uneasy.
I always liked strange personalities.
His words delivered her from her anxiety.
Is it impossible to live to be 150?
It is impossible for me to finish this work in a day.
It is absolutely impossible to do so.
I think it impossible to deny the fact.
It's impossible to live on that island.
It is next to impossible.
That isn't possible anymore.
That wasn't possible.
It is absolutely impossible.
It is impossible to do it.
Believe in your dreams, no matter how impossible they seem.
It is next to impossible for you to finish the work in a day.
Your idea is absolutely impossible.
Recovery was almost impossible.
It is impossible for him to do it.
It looked almost impossible for him to finish his book.
He is impossible to beat.
He says he will come, which is quite impossible.
She found it impossible to understand what he was saying.
There is no knowing what will happen next.
Nothing is impossible for God.
As far as my experience goes, such a plan is impossible.
I'm not saying it's impossible.
It was impossible to find an answer.
It was impossible to escape.
Is it next to impossible to live to be 150?
I'm afraid that we'll lose the game.
If you have any complaints, let me know, and I'll look into them.
I have no complaints.
What made you so dissatisfied?
He is forever complaining about something.
He did nothing but complain about his job.
She's always grumbling.
She was always complaining about her husband.
As for living in Japan, I have nothing to complain about.
I have nothing to complain about.
I'm dissatisfied.
I am not happy with my job.
It's impossible to substitute machines for people.
It's almost impossible to work out this problem.
It was impossible for him to solve the problem.
It is impossible for me to solve the problem.
I thought it impossible for him to solve the problem.
I think it's impossible for him to solve the problem.
I've always wondered what's the difference between rock and stone.
He was afraid that he might hurt her feelings.
She tried to lift the box, but found it impossible.
I found it impossible to lift the box.
Allen was given a problem that was impossible to solve.
I feel uneasy about my future.
She felt insecure about her future.
Recently, I've been crying every day. I feel too anxious about the future.
I suddenly realized I wasn't wearing a watch.
It is impossible for him to become a doctor.
She looked around in wonder.
I sometimes get uneasy about the future.
A misfortune befell him.
A misfortune never comes alone.
I am hoping to put an end to our unhappy relationship.
There was an unfortunate incident at home.
She is living an unhappy life.
I think it's sad to have no friends.
It is impossible for me to do the work in a week.
We found it impossible to persuade him.
It was impossible for the boy to swim across that river.
It is impossible for us to cross that river.
It is next to impossible for me to go with you.
It's not absolutely impossible to climb the mountain.
He thinks it impossible for me to climb the mountain alone.
Everyone is in a bad mood.
She was in a bad mood.
We had a good many anxious moments, but everything turned out all right in the end.
There's no need for you to get anxious.
It's surprising how many unhappy marriages there are.
Although I may be unhappy, I won't commit suicide.
It is impossible for me to finish the work in an hour.
I get weirdly sleepy when I listen to this song.
His misfortune gained him sympathy.
He is always trying to do the impossible.
It's impossible to take on more work at the moment.
We are not as happy or unhappy as we imagine ourselves to be.
He met a mysterious man by chance while taking a walk.
The fort was attacked by surprise.
It is next to impossible to carry it out.
We never thought of it as impossible to carry out.
His plan sounds impracticable.
She thought the plan was fine but impractical.
The meaning of this letter is unclear.
The cause of the accident is unknown.
The cause of the accident is not known to us.
The time when he did it was not known.
At present, the cause of the disease is unknown.
She has a subtle charm.
I dreamed a strange dream.
Never have I dreamed such a strange dream.
I had a strange dream last night.
I am short of money.
The trouble is that we are short of money.
They are short of food.
I'm short of money.
We are concerned about the shortage of the commodities.
We ran short of money.
Water is strange stuff.
Water is scarce in this area.
Food is still scarce in the region.
The district is short of water.
It is impossible to master English in a year or so.
He is always complaining about his boss.
Are you happy with your weight?
This plan is impossible to accomplish.
That aim is impossible to attain.
We had an unpleasant experience there.
He's had many unhappy experiences.
It is impossible to get him to understand the new theory.
It is impossible to make her understand the theory.
She became very anxious about her son's health.
I saw a strange moving object in the sky.
It is impossible for me to finish the work in a day.
It's next to impossible to finish it in a day.
For him to finish it in a day would be impossible.
I found it impossible to do the work in one day.
Father ran short of money and had to borrow some.
It is strange that you should know nothing about her wedding.
He thought it impossible to pass the exam.
This evidence was against him.
Everything militated against his success.
The decision was unfavourable to us.
Having no will is the worst handicap.
The evidence was against me.
The police assembled a lot of evidence against him.
I'm not satisfied with that company's service.
It is impossible to live without water.
It isn't what he says that annoys me but the way he says it.
She complained to me of his rudeness.
If it were not for electricity, our civilized life would be impossible.
She went into the woods in search of her lost child.
We searched the woods for the missing child.
We are looking for a missing child.
The police searched for the missing child.
The police searched for the lost boy.
Three people are missing.
The accident was brought about by his carelessness.
The committee rejected the proposal on the ground that it was impractical.
Money for the plan was lacking.
He is running short of funds.
They are short of funds.
The weather changed abruptly.
People often complain about the weather.
It is surprising how many unhappy marriages there are.
I went to her house, but she was not at home.
In 1994, there was a shortage of water and rice in Japan.
He is unable to finish it in an hour.
She is always complaining about my small salary.
It is strange that he should have refused the offer.
You're really clumsy, aren't you?
Why are you so clumsy?
I was disappointed at her absence.
We were disappointed at her absence.
I was caught off guard.
Our army took the kingdom by surprise.
Four is an unlucky number in Japan.
Strange as it may seem, nobody was injured in the fire.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
The news added to his anxiety.
The news left me uneasy.
He worked hard in order that his family might live in comfort.
They are always short of money.
Is there any trace of the missing child?
Everybody thought it was strange that he lived alone.
Cry out against injustice!
The boat is lost.
For all his wealth, he was still unhappy.
For all his wealth, he is unhappy.
This fruit tastes bad.
It is no wonder that he passed the examination.
A strange incident happened during his speech.
It's impossible not to be fascinated by her beauty.
It is impossible to finish this in two days.
The lost child was found after two days.