不ふ慣なれ

ふ

な

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

inexperienced; unfamiliar with; unaccustomed to

Describes a person who lacks experience or familiarity with a task, place, or situation. Often used with に or で to indicate what one is unaccustomed to.

彼かれは不ふ慣なれな仕し事ごとに

苦く

労ろう

し

て

いる

。

He is struggling with the unfamiliar work.

不ふ慣なれな土と地ちでの生せい活かつは大たい変へんだ。

Living in an unfamiliar place is tough.

運うん転てんに不ふ慣なれなので、ゆっくり走はしります。

I'm not used to driving, so I'll go slowly.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に不ふ慣なれだto be unaccustomed to something
彼かれはまだ新あたらしい仕し事ごとに不ふ慣なれだ。
He is still unaccustomed to his new job.
不ふ慣なれな〈場ば所しょ〉an unfamiliar place
不ふ慣なれな土と地ちで道みちに迷まよってしまった。
I got lost in an unfamiliar place.
不ふ慣なれなため〈事こと〉because one is unaccustomed to it, ~
不ふ慣なれなためミスをしてしまった。
I made a mistake because I wasn't used to it yet.

Kanji

不negative, non-, bad
慣accustomed, get used to, become experienced
馴get used to, experienced, tamed

Related words

未み経けい験けんN3
未経験 means having no experience at all, while 不慣れ implies some experience but not enough to feel comfortable or skilled.
苦にが手てN3
苦手 focuses on being poor at or disliking something, whereas 不慣れ simply describes a lack of familiarity that could improve with practice.

Opposites

熟じゅく練れん
熟練 describes being highly skilled and experienced, the opposite of 不慣れ's lack of familiarity.
慣なれるN4
不慣れ describes being unaccustomed or inexperienced, the opposite state of having 慣れる (become used to something).

Don't confuse with

未み熟じゅくN1
未熟 implies overall immaturity or lack of skill in general, while 不慣れ specifically means unaccustomed to a particular task or situation due to newness.

Built from

不ふ+慣なれる

Written forms

不ふ慣なれUsage93%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency form in news and general use.
不ふ馴なれUsage5%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
ふなれUsage2%
不ふ慣なれUsage

Etymology

Compound of the prefix 不 (fu-, 'not') and 慣れ (nare, 'being accustomed'), the nominalized stem of 慣れる (nareru, 'to get used to').

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Search-only abbreviated form; not used in normal writing.