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無効 (むこう): invalid, no effect, unavailable — Japanese vocabulary

無効 is read むこう and means "invalid, no effect, unavailable". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

無効

Reading
むこう · mukou
Translation
invalid, no effect, unavailable
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
むこうが

Example

脅迫のもとになされた約束は無効だ。

きょうはくのもとになされたやくそくはむこうだ。

A promise given under a threat is worthless.

Kanji in this word

  • 無 — nothing, without
  • 効 — effect

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