不能

ふのう

impossible; incapable (of doing); unable (to do); incompetence

Common word

Meanings

Na-adjective, Noun
impossible; incapable (of doing); unable (to do)
Noun
incompetence; inability
impotence
having no solution (of an equation)

Example sentences

不能ふのうになりました。

I've become impotent.
この字じは、解読かいどく不能ふのうです。

This handwriting is illegible.
説得せっとく不能ふのうを感知かんちしてか、黒崎先生せんせいはため息いきをついて席せきに着ついた。

Perhaps having realized it was impossible to persuade her, Ms. Kurosaki sighed and sat down in her seat.