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不穏 (ふおん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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ふ
穏おん
な
空くう
気き
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漂ただよ
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An uneasy atmosphere hung over the conference room.
Usage patterns 不ふ 穏おん な 空くう 気き an unsettling, tense atmosphere
A tense, uneasy atmosphere hung over the meeting room.
不ふ 穏おん な 動うご き suspicious or threatening movements/developments
Suspicious movements have been reported near the border.
不ふ 穏おん な 情じょう 勢せい a tense, volatile situation
The country continues to face a politically volatile situation.
不ふ 穏おん な 雰ふん 囲い 気き an uneasy, foreboding mood
An uneasy, foreboding mood had spread across the whole town.
Related words 不安 is the general word for personal anxiety or worry, while 不穏 describes an external situation or atmosphere that feels threatening or unstable.
物騒 points to concrete danger or lack of safety, such as a dangerous neighborhood, while 不穏 is a vaguer sense of tension or unease in a mood or situation.
険悪 describes relations or an atmosphere turning openly hostile, whereas 不穏 suggests a quieter, simmering sense of instability that has not yet erupted.
不穏 is an adjectival noun meaning a general sense of unrest or disquiet, whereas 暗雲 is a vivid metaphor picturing that unrest as gathering storm clouds.
Opposites 平穏 describes a calm, peaceful state, the direct opposite of the tense, unsettled feeling conveyed by 不穏.
Word family improper; inappropriate; unreasonable
dissidents; troublemakers; disturbing elements
inflammatory pamphlets; seditious documents
Written forms 不ふ 穏おん Usage 99%
Standard kanji spelling; commonly used in news and formal contexts.
ふおん Usage 1%
Etymology Compound of 不 (fu, 'not') and 穏 (on, 'calm' or 'peaceful'), literally meaning 'not calm'. The reading is on'yomi.
