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無礼: impolite, rude | JLPT N1 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

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無礼

JLPT N1Vocabulary

無礼(ぶれい)

ぶれい

impolite, rude

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Reading and meaning Adjective forms Example sentences Kanji in this lesson

Reading and meaning

Reading: ぶれい
Romaji: burei
Meaning: impolite, rude
Word type: na adjective

Adjective forms

Present: 無礼(ぶれい)です
Present negative: 無礼(ぶれい)ではありません
Past: 無礼(ぶれい)でした
Past negative: 無礼(ぶれい)ではありませんでした
Before a noun: 無礼(ぶれい)な
Connective: 無礼(ぶれい)で
Adverbial: 無礼(ぶれい)に
Ba conditional: 無礼(ぶれい)ならば
Nara conditional: 無礼(ぶれい)なら
無礼(ぶれい)ならば
Tara conditional: 無礼(ぶれい)でしたら
Appearance: 無礼(ぶれい)そうです
Change of state: 無礼(ぶれい)になります
Excess: 無礼(ぶれい)すぎます
Nominalized: 無礼(ぶれい)なの

Present: 無礼(ぶれい)だ
Present negative: 無礼(ぶれい)じゃない
無礼(ぶれい)ではない
Past: 無礼(ぶれい)だった
Past negative: 無礼(ぶれい)じゃなかった
無礼(ぶれい)ではなかった
Before a noun: 無礼(ぶれい)な
Connective: 無礼(ぶれい)で
Adverbial: 無礼(ぶれい)に
Ba conditional: 無礼(ぶれい)ならば
Nara conditional: 無礼(ぶれい)なら
無礼(ぶれい)ならば
Tara conditional: 無礼(ぶれい)だったら
Appearance: 無礼(ぶれい)そうだ
Change of state: 無礼(ぶれい)になる
Excess: 無礼(ぶれい)すぎる
Nominalized: 無礼(ぶれい)なの

Example sentences

FuriganaEnglish

その発言(はつげん)はあまりにも無礼(ぶれい)で、会議(かいぎ)の空気(くうき

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を

一変(いっぺん)

させた。

The remark was so rude that it completely changed the atmosphere of the meeting.

彼(かれ)の無礼(ぶれい)な態度(たいど)に、誰(だれ)もが眉(まゆ)をひそめた。

Everyone frowned at his rude attitude.

無礼(ぶれい)を承知(しょうち)で、率直(そっちょく)な意見(いけん)を申(もう)し上(あ)げます。

I realize this may be rude, but I would like to offer my candid opinion.

客(きゃく)に対(たい)する無礼(ぶれい)は、店(みせ)の信用(しんよう)を損(そこ)なう。

Rudeness toward customers damages a store's reputation.

Kanji in this lesson

無nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, notJLPT N3 礼salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remunerationJLPT N5