非

Meaning

非 centers on negation and wrongness: the idea of something being not right, a mistake, or an injustice. The prefix senses like "un-" and "non-" are direct applications of this negative core.

• 非常ひじょう
  N3

  emergency

• 非ひ
  N2

  fault; error; mistake

• 是非ぜひ
  N5

  certainly; without fail

• 非難ひなん
  N2

  criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

• 非公開ひこうかい
  N3

  private; non-public; secret; closed-door; closed

• 非公式ひこうしき
  N3

  informal; unofficial

• 非常識ひじょうしき
  N3

  lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity

• 是非ともぜひとも
  N3

  by all means; at all costs; absolutely

• 非常勤ひじょうきん
  N1

  part-time work

• 非道ひどう

  unjust; inhuman

• 非情ひじょう

  cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; cruel

• 非常時ひじょうじ
  N3

  time of emergency; (in an) emergency

• 非合法ひごうほう

  illegal; unlawful

• 似非えせ

  false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended; mock

• 非売品ひばいひん

  article not for sale

• 非対称ひたいしょう

  asymmetry; dissymmetry; unsymmetry

• 非核ひかく

  non-nuclear; anti-nuclear

• 非行ひこう
  N1

  delinquency; misconduct

• 非課税ひかぜい
  N2

  tax-exempt; tax-free; tax-exempted

• 非力ひりき

  powerless; helpless; incompetent

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