あいにく

Common word

  1. adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), adverb (fukushi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    unfortunately, sorry, but ...
    word usually written using kana alone

    • あいにくですが本日は予約でいっぱいです。
      I'm sorry, today is fully booked.