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あいにく: Unfortunately — Japanese vocabulary

あいにく means "Unfortunately". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

あいにく

Reading
あいにく · ainiku
Translation
Unfortunately
Level
JLPT N3

Example

あいにくですが本日は予約でいっぱいです。

あいにくですがほんじつはよやくでいっぱいです。

I'm sorry, today is fully booked.

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