ない
Also written 無い
Meanings
- い-adjective nonexistent; not being (there)
- unowned; not had; unpossessed
- unique See also: またとない.
- not; impossible; won't happen (as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility)
- い-adjective, Auxiliary adjective not (after the conjunctive form of an adjective) See also: 亡い (ない).
- to not be; to have not (after the -te form of a verb)
Example sentences
- きりがない。
This is never going to end. - 何とも言いようがないなあ。
I just don't know what to say. - それはあなたが一人になりたくないからです。
It's because you don't want to be alone. - 驚くことではないね。
It doesn't surprise me. - 冗談じゃねえよ。
Are you freaking kidding me?!
Common phrases
- まもない after (practically) no time
- 余儀なくされる (よぎなくされる) to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will)
- ほとんどない hardly any
- 少なくない (すくなくない) not negligible
Words containing ない
- 半端ない (はんぱない) to a great extent
- ないない cleaning up
- 首が回らない (くびがまわらない) being over one's head (in debt, etc.)
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