VocabJLPT N1
unknown
な-Adjectiveの-AdjectiveNoun

Definitions

  1. 1. unknown
  2. 2. unidentified
This formal word means that something is unknown or unidentified. It commonly appears in official documents, news reports, or records when a person's name, age, cause of death, or other details cannot be confirmed.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Why is there an invoice with no address mixed in here?!

Sentence 2

I can't shake this anxiety today — and I have no idea where it's coming from.

Sentence 3

Still, an act of kindness from someone with unknown motives is honestly kind of unsettling!

Sentence 4

His silence had no clear intent behind it, which made it feel even heavier.

Sentence 5

Furthermore, there are suspicions that an organization with unknown funding sources was involved.