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1. suffix. (non-productive) used to form derivative -i adjectives from other terms: having that quality, having that state; very much that quality or state | |
切ない、幼けない、ぎこちない - very moving, really young of manner, having clumsiness | |
2. adj. 無い: no, not any | |
スプーンが無い。 - There is no spoon. | |
3. adj. not reaching a certain quantity; less than | |
(ja-x, 海%岸まで100メートルとない, かい%がん まで ひゃく メートル と ない, The coast is less than 100 meters away from here.) | |
4. adj. (by extension) 亡い: passed away, dead | |
(ja-x, 私は亡い者と考えてください, わたし は ない もの と かんがえて ください, Suppose I were a dead person.) | |
5. adj. Usage: * (ja-uk) | |
6. adj. Usage: * In public speech and written language, the irregular expressions | |
7. adj. Usage: * When used as an auxiliary adjective, it follows: | |
8. adj. Usage: *the 連用形 of -i adjectives, which ends in く; and | |
9. adj. Usage: *the 連用形 of -na adjectives and nominals, which ends in で. | |
10. adj. Usage: ** In either case a binding particle (係助詞) can be inserted between the ren'yōkei and the nai, but は is usually used for the latter. | |
11. adj. Usage: ** では can be contracted to じゃ. | |
Usage: ** このパソコンは安くない。 - This computer is not cheap. | |
Usage: ** 私は韓国語は上手ではありません。 - I am not good at Korean. | |
12. suffix. (Used to form the negative of verbs:) not, don't | |
学校に行かない。 - I don't go to school. | |
貸してくれないか。 - Won't you lend me some money? | |
13. suffix. Usage: ja-infl-demo | |
14. suffix. Usage: godan | |
15. suffix. Usage: 聞く;きく0;きかない0;書く;かく1;かかない2 | |
16. suffix. Usage: 嗅ぐ;かぐ0;かがない0;泳ぐ;およぐ2;およがない3 | |
17. suffix. Usage: 貸す;かす0;かさない0;話す;はなす2;はなさない3 | |
18. suffix. Usage: 取り持つ;とりもつ0;とりもたない0;立つ;たつ1;たたない2 | |
19. suffix. Usage: 死ぬ;しぬ0;しなない0;凍え死ぬ;こごえしぬ4;こごえしなない5 | |
20. suffix. Usage: 呼ぶ;よぶ0;よばない0;選ぶ;えらぶ2;えらばない3 | |
21. suffix. Usage: 望む;のぞむ0;のぞまない0;読む;よむ1;よまない2 | |
22. suffix. Usage: 終わる;おわる0;おわらない0;作る;つくる2;つくらない3 | |
23. suffix. Usage: 言う;いう0;いわない0;会う;あう1;あわない2 | |
24. suffix. Usage: 追う;お.う0;おわない0;食う;くう1;くわない2 | |
25. suffix. Usage: kami ichidan | |
26. suffix. Usage: 似る;にる0;にない0;見る;みる1;みない1 | |
27. suffix. Usage: 借りる;かりる0;かりない0;生きる;いきる2;いきない2 | |
28. suffix. Usage: 感じる;かんじる0;かんじない0;用いる;もちいる3;もちいない3 | |
29. suffix. Usage: shimo ichidan | |
30. suffix. Usage: 寝る;ねる0;ねない0;出る;でる1;でない1 | |
31. suffix. Usage: 開ける;あける0;あけない0;食べる;たべる2;たべない2 | |
32. suffix. Usage: 忘れる;わすれる0;わすれない0;助ける;たすける3;たすけない3 | |
33. suffix. Usage: 憧れる;あこがれる0;あこがれない0;訪れる;おとずれる4;おとずれない4 | |
34. suffix. Usage: irregular | |
35. suffix. Usage: する;する0;しない0;来る;くる1;こない1 | |
36. suffix. Usage: * Attaches to the 未然形 of the verb. For 五段活用 verbs, this is the stem form ending in -a. | |
37. suffix. Usage: ** ない is not formed on ある. The negative form of ある in the modern standard language is the adjective ない, not *. However, other negative suffixes do form | |
38. suffix. Usage: * This word is morphologically an inflectional suffix. It is classified as 助動詞 in traditional Japanese grammar. | |
39. suffix. Usage: * Generally | |
40. suffix. Usage: * The auxiliary nai and the adjective 無い have mostly converged in modern usage. One distinction that is still maintained by some speakers appears when attaching そう or す | |
41. suffix. Usage: ** Adjective nai + sō or sugiru → nasasō, nasasugiru | |
42. suffix. Usage: ** Auxiliary nai + sō or sugiru → nasō, nasugiru | |
43. suffix. Usage: ** The process of convergence is ongoing, and the さ-infix might be used by some speakers even with the auxiliary. This could be considered as proscribed in formal contexts, as slang or | |