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Japanese

ない

Romaji nai

Common word

01

無い ない · nai

Common word

01i-adjective

usually kana

nonexistent; not being (there)

02i-adjective

unowned; not had; unpossessed

03i-adjective

unique

04i-adjective

not; impossible; won't happen

as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility

05i-adjective · auxiliary adjective

not

after the conjunctive form of an adjective

06i-adjective · auxiliary adjective

to not be; to have not

after the -te form of a verb

Examples

彼は見かけほど若くない。

He is not as young as he looks.

Tatoeba #107679

引退するつもりは毛頭ない。

I have no intention whatever of resigning.

Tatoeba #81997

２つの意見に大した差はない。

There is not much difference between the two opinions.

Tatoeba #235545

02

内 ない · nai

Common word

01suffix

within ...; inside ...

Examples

収入内で生活をするようにしなさい。

Try to live within your income.

Tatoeba #148272

映画館内は禁煙です。

Smoking is not permitted in the cinema.

Tatoeba #189287

ホテル内で裸になるな。

You can't go naked in this hotel.

Tatoeba #196173

03

ない nai

Common word

01auxiliary adjective · suffix

not

verb-negating suffix; may indicate question or invitation with rising intonation

04

亡い ない · nai

01i-adjective

dead

05

ない nai

01suffix · i-adjective

emphatic suffix

after the root of an adjective

06

地震 ない · nai

01noun

poetical termusually kana

earthquake

Source

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