不ふ可か能のう

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Describes something that cannot be done or achieved. Used as both a noun and a na-adjective.

〈事こと〉は不ふ可か能のうだfor something to be impossible
現げん在ざいの技ぎ術じゅつではその実じっ験けんは不ふ可か能のうだ。
With current technology, that experiment is impossible.
〈事こと〉を不ふ可か能のうにするto make something impossible
資し金きん不ぶ足そくが計けい画かくの実じっ行こうを不ふ可か能のうにした。
The lack of funds made carrying out the plan impossible.
〈事こと〉が不ふ可か能のうになるfor something to become impossible
台たい風ふうでイベントの開かい催さいが不ふ可か能のうになった。
Because of the typhoon, holding the event became impossible.

無む理りN5
無理 can also mean 'impossible' but often carries a nuance of unreasonableness or forcing something, whereas 不可能 is a neutral statement that something cannot be done.
不ふ能のうN1
不可能 is the everyday word for 'impossible', while 不能 is a stiffer, more technical term often found in legal, medical, or mathematical contexts.
ありえないN2
不可能 is a formal, neutral Sino-Japanese word for 'impossible', while あり得ない is more colloquial and often carries emotional shock or disbelief.
至し難なん
不可能 flatly means 'impossible', whereas 至難 usually implies extreme difficulty rather than outright impossibility.
困こん難なんN3
不可能 flatly states that something cannot be done, whereas 困難 in its euphemistic sense suggests extreme difficulty without declaring outright impossibility.

不ふ可か欠けつN2
不可能 (impossible) and 不可欠 (indispensable) share the 不可 prefix but describe unrelated concepts—one is about feasibility, the other about necessity.
不ふ可か侵しん
不可能 means 'impossible' whereas 不可侵 means 'inviolable'; both start with 不可 but describe unrelated concepts.
不ふ可か解かいN1
不可能 also starts with 不可 but means 'impossible', which learners may confuse with 不可解's meaning of 'incomprehensible'.

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Compound of 不 (fu, 'not') and 可能 (kanō, 'possible').