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Meaning of 無い(ない) in Japanese

無い
JLPT 5
Kana Reading
ない
Romaji
nai
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjective (keiyoushi)
    Meaning
    nonexistent; not being (there)
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    unpossessed; unowned; not had
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    unique
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility
  • Parts of speech
    auxiliary adjective
    Meaning
    (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective) not ...
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    (after the -te form of a verb) to not be...; to have not ...

Examples of 無い, ない in a sentence



Related Kanji

JLPT 2

12 strokes

nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

On'Yomi: ム, ブ

Kun'Yomi: な.い

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