Definition of 無い (ない)

無い

ない

nai

adjective
1.
nonexistent, not being (there)(usually kana)
2.
unowned, not had, unpossessed
3.
unique
4.
not, impossible, won't happen(as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility)
auxiliary adjective
5.
not(after the ren'youkei form of an adjective)
See also:ない
6.
to not be, to have not(after the -te form of a verb)
Related Kanji
nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
Conjugations
adjective
Plain
Polite
Negative
Negative (Polite)
Present Indicative - Non-past, present and future tense
無い
ない
nai
無いです
ないです
naidesu
無くない
なくない
nakunai
無くありません
なくありません
nakuarimasen

無くないです
なくないです
nakunaidesu
Past Indicative - Perfective, past-tense
無かった
なかった
nakatta
無かったです
なかったです
nakattadesu
無くなかった
なくなかった
nakunakatta
無くありませんでした
なくありませんでした
nakuarimasendeshita

無くなかったです
なくなかったです
nakunakattadesu
Volitional - We will.., We intend to.., Lets..
無かろう
なかろう
nakarou
Presumptive - Probably.. Maybe..
無いだろう
ないだろう
naidarou
te-form
無くて
なくて
nakute
Adverb
無く
なく
naku
Provisional - Hypothetical conditional, If (hypothetical)..
無ければ
なければ
nakereba
無くなければ
なくなければ
nakunakereba
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Example sentences(showing 1-20 of 2908 results)

Be my guest

What's new

Please help yourself to the cake

It is often said that nothing is more precious than time

えんりょ
遠慮
はな
話せよ
Go ahead and talk

いっしょうけんめ
一生懸命に
はた
働く
ひつよう
必要
You don't have to work so hard

You don't need to go in such a hurry

I don't think I would ever shop until I had to go into debt because of it

とき
えんりょ
遠慮
しつもん
質問
くだ
下さい
Don't hesitate to ask questions if you don't understand

He needn't go in such a hurry

I care nothing for the news

The wall wasn't high enough to keep dogs out

He said that you need not go

We can do without a television, can't we

Some people think you cannot overpraise a child

I don't think so

No sailboat is faster than this one

Gee, unbelievable

I may have nothing now, but I shall always have something to remember, while you have no memories at all

かれ
ふた
再び
りょうし
両親
He was never to see his parents again
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