ない

Reading

Kana: ない

Romaji: nai

Kana

Romaji

Definitions

not

Note: verb-negating suffix; may indicate question or invitation with rising intonation

emphatic suffix

Note: after the root of an adjective

See also: 忙しない

Example Sentences

危(あぶ)ない！

➥Look out!

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知(し)らない。

➥I don't know.

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悪(わる)くないね。

➥Not bad.

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脈(みゃく)がない。

➥Hey, there's no pulse.

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変(へん)じゃない？

➥Do I look OK?

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今(いま)しかない。

➥It's now or never.

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地震

Readings

Kana: じしん、ない、なえ、じぶるい

Romaji: jishin, nai, nae, jiburui

Kana

Romaji

Definition

earthquake

Kanji

地

Readings: チ、ジ

Meanings: ground, earth

震

Readings: シン、ふる.う、ふる.える

Meanings: quake, shake, tremble, quiver, shiver

Example Sentences

私(わたし)は地震(じしん)が怖(こわ)い。

➥I'm afraid of earthquakes.

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日本(にっぽん)は地震(じしん)が多(おお)い。

➥There are many earthquakes in Japan.

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昨日(きのう)地震(じしん)があった。

➥We had an earthquake last night.

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壁(かべ)が地震(じしん)で崩(くず)れた。

➥The wall gave way in the earthquake.

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地震(じしん)の危険(きけん)はない。

➥There is no danger of an earthquake.

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今朝(けさ)地震(じしん)があった。

➥There was an earthquake this morning.

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内

Reading

Kana: ない

Romaji: nai

Kana

Romaji

Definition

inside; within

Kanji

内

Readings: ナイ、ダイ、うち

Meanings: inside, within, between, among, house, home

Example Sentences

内閣(ないかく)を倒(たお)せ。

➥Down with the Cabinet!

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他人(たにん)より身内(みうち)。

➥Blood is thicker than water.

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彼(かれ)は内弁慶(うちべんけい)だ。

➥He is a lion at home and a mouse outside.

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その内訳(うちわけ)は？

➥Give me the details of it.

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彼女(かのじょ)は内股(うちまた)だ。

➥She is pigeon-toed.

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彼(かれ)は内向的(ないこうてき)だ。

➥He is introverted.

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亡い

Reading

Kana: ない

Romaji: nai

Kana

Romaji

Definition

dead

See also: 無い

Kanji

亡

Readings: ボウ、モウ、な.い、な.き-、ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす

Meanings: deceased, the late, dying, perish

無い

Reading

Kana: ない

Romaji: nai

Kana

Romaji

Definitions

nonexistent; not being (there)

Note: word usually written using kana alone

See also: 亡い

unpossessed; unowned; not had

unique

See also: またとない

indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility

Note: as ...ことがない, etc.

not ...

Note: after the ren'youkei form of an adjective

See also: ない

to not be...; to have not ...

Note: after the -te form of a verb

Kanji

無

Readings: ム、ブ、な.い

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

Example Sentences

脈(みゃく)がない。

➥Hey, there's no pulse.

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問題(もんだい)ないよ。

➥No problem!

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変(か)わりない？

➥Is everything OK?

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疑(うたが)い無(な)く！

➥Without a doubt!

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忘(わす)れ物(もの)ない？

➥Do you have everything?

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今(いま)しかない。

➥It's now or never.

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