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未確認飛行物体 (みかくにんひこうぶったい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

未み確かく認にん飛ひ行こう物ぶっ体たい

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Meanings

1

unidentified flying object; UFO

Formal, literal term for UFO; often abbreviated to UFO (ユーフォー) in casual speech.

未み確かく認にん飛ひ行こう物ぶっ体たいが目もく撃げきされたという報ほう告こくが相あい

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There were a series of reports that an unidentified flying object had been sighted.

Kanji

未un-, not yet, hitherto
確assurance, firm, tight
認acknowledge, witness, discern
飛fly, skip (pages), scatter
行going, journey, carry out
物thing, object, matter
体body, substance, object

Related words

ＵＦＯ
未確認飛行物体 is the formal, literal Japanese translation, while ＵＦＯ is the everyday loanword used in casual and formal speech alike.

Built from

未み確かく認にん+飛ひ行こう+

Etymology

Compound of 未確認 (unconfirmed) + 飛行 (flight) + 物体 (object), a direct translation of the English 'unidentified flying object'.

物ぶっ体たい