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nai
i adjective (negative), auxiliary adjective

Alternate Written Forms:

nai

English Meaning(s) for 無い

i adjective (negative)
  1. nonexistent; not being (there)
  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
  1. not (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective)
  2. to not be; to have not (after the -te form of a verb)

Definition and Synonyms for 無い

Unowned having no owner
Synonyms: ある, ない
Out Of motivated by
Synonyms: ある, ない, ない, なう
Nihility the state of nonexistence
Synonyms: ない, , , 虚無
Nix a quantity of no importance
Synonyms: ない, なし, ゼロ, ナッシング, , , 皆無, 絶無,

Meanings for each kanji in 無い

» nothingness; none; ain't; nothing; nil; not

Categories 無い is a member of

Nonexistence the state of not existing
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Relative Quantity a quantity relative to some purpose
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 無い

Conjugations for 無い

Adjective stem
[()]
na
te-form
[()··]
nakute
Adverbial Form
[()·]
naku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[()·]
nai
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()···]
nakunai
Past Indicative Form
[()···]
nakatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[()·····]
nakunakatta
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
[()···]
nakereba
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
[()····]
nakattara
Nominalized Form
Objective Form
[()·]
nasa

Sample Sentences for 無い

There doesn't seem any difference of meaning between the two constructions.
Without an air conditioner, people nowadays cannot live.
For one thing, I've no money, and for another, I've no leisure.
We can do nothing about it.
He must have done it out of mischief.

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