Word Meaning 腑に落ちない

ふにおちない fu ni ochinai

腑に落ちない is read as ふにおちない (fu ni ochinai) and means cannot understand.

Meaning

English

cannot understand
doesn't make sense
unconvincing
hard to swallow
doesn't ring true

Reading

Kana

ふにおちない

Romaji

fu ni ochinai

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 152048 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

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腑に落ちる

ふにおちる

to understand

人後に落ちない

じんごにおちない

to be second to none (in)

一段落

いちだんらく

one paragraph

集落

しゅうらく

(bacterial) colony

落語

らくご

rakugo

落ちる

おちる

to come in (of money)

暴落

ぼうらく

slump

落下

らっか

fall

落札

らくさつ

successful bid

落ち着き

おちつき

stability

墜落

ついらく

fall

落とす

おとす

to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)

Example Sentences

私にはどうも腑に落ちない。

I cannot quite understand it.

あいつの言うことって、腑に落ちないんだよなぁ。

I don't see what he says.