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Definition and Synonyms for ない
1. | 無い | 所有者を持たないさま |
Unowned | having no owner | |
Synonyms: | ある, ない | |
2. | ない | 動機づけられる |
Out Of | motivated by | |
Synonyms: | ある, ない, ない, なう | |
3. | 無 | 存在しない状態 |
Nihility | the state of nonexistence | |
Synonyms: | ない, 無, 無, 虚無 | |
4. | 無し | 重要でない量 |
Nix | a quantity of no importance | |
Synonyms: | ない, なし, ゼロ, ナッシング, 無, 無, 皆無, 絶無, 零 |
Categories ない is a member of
1. | 烏有 | 存在しないこと |
Nonexistence | the state of not existing | |
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2. | ある目的に関連している量 | |
Relative Quantity | a quantity relative to some purpose | |
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Sample Sentences for ない
彼女がその知らせに興奮しないところを見ると、それを知っていたに違いない。
Seeing that she was not excited at the news, she must have known it.
思考と発話とが相互依存することからわかるように、言語は、既成の事実を捉えるための手段というよりも、未知なる真実を見つけ出すための手段である。その多様性は、音声や記号ではなく世界観の多様性なのだ。
The interdependence of thought and speech makes it clear that languages are not so much a means of expressing truth that has already been established, but a means of discovering truth that was previously unknown. Their diversity is a diversity not of sounds and signs but of ways of looking at the world.
テレビはできるだけ録画じゃなくてオンエアで見ることにしている。
I try to watch live TV as much as possible instead of recordings.
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