How to say unfortunately in Japanese

JLPTN3
あいにくainiku☆《生憎・合憎irr.》 Inflection

adjectival noun / adverb / noun / ~の noun:

  • unfortunately; Sorry, but ...

Example Sentences

残念zannenながらnagaraそれsoreはha本当hontouなnaのnoですdesu。
Unfortunately, that's true.
でもdemoあいにくainikuのno雨ameでde試合shiaiはha中止chuushiになったninatta。
But, unfortunately, the game was called off due to rain.
残念ながらzannennagara昨日kinouはhaご覧の通りgorannotooriのno結果kekkaとなりましたtonarimashita。
Unfortunately, the results yesterday were as you see.
あのano、私watashi、残念zannenですdesuがga小用shouyouがga御座いますgozaimasuのでnode、このkono辺りatariでde失礼shitsurei致しますitashimasuねne。
Ah, unfortunately there is a small matter I need to attend to so I'll take my leave now.
生粋のkissuinoお嬢様ojousamaだからdakaraなna。残念zannenながらnagara悪戯itazuraとかtokaじゃなくてjanakuteあれareでde素motoだda。
She's pure bred blue-blood you see. Unfortunately that's no sort of put-on but her natural self.

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