Meaning of 不能(ふのう) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 不能

Kana Reading ふのう

Romaji funō

Parts of speech

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

incompetency; inefficiency; impossibility; weak point; imbecility

Examples of 不能, ふのう in a sentence

女ってどうして連れションしたがるの？物凄く理解不能。

Women - why do they want to go to toilet in groups? I don't get it at all.
説得不能を感知してか、黒崎先生はため息をついて席に着いた。

Perhaps having realized it was impossible to persuade her, Ms. Kurosaki sighed and sat down in her seat.
不能になりました。

I've become impotent.

Related Kanji

能 JLPT 3

10 strokes

ability, talent, skill, capacity

On'Yomi: ノウ

Kun'Yomi: よ.く

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不 JLPT 4

4 strokes

negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

On'Yomi: フ, ブ

Kun'Yomi:

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