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不毛ふもう (fumou)

fruitless; infertile

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Meaning

不毛 (ふもう, fumou) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “fruitless; infertile”.

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Example sentences 10

不毛ふもうな話し合はなしあいはやめましょう

Let's stop this pointless discussion.

彼らの愛は不毛に終わった.

Their love came to nothing.

あたりには不毛な荒野が広がっていた。

It was a desert in its vast nakedness.

「草もまばらな大平原と不毛の地を見下ろしていました。

I looked down on the great plain with sparse grass and the barren land.

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