生憎

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Alternative forms

  • 合憎

Adjectival noun

生憎 (な-na inflection, hiragana あいにく, romaji ainiku)

  1. unfortunate, unfortunately
  2. I'm sorry to say that...

Inflection

Noun

生憎 (hiragana あいにく, romaji ainiku)

  1. unluckiness, bad timing
    • あいにく試合中止になった。
      あいにくのあめでしあいはちゅうしになった。
      ainiku no ame de shiai wa chūshi ni natta.
      The game was called off due to the ill-timed rain.

Synonyms

  • おあいにくさま
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