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ない

Reading

Kana: ない
Romaji: nai
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

aux-adj
1

not

Note: verb-negating suffix; may indicate question or invitation with rising intonation
suf
adj-i
2

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

noun
1

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

suf
1

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

adj-i
1

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

adj-i
1

nonexistent; not being (there)

Note: word usually written using kana alone
See also: 亡い
2

unpossessed; unowned; not had

3

unique

See also: またとない
4

indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility

Note: as ...ことがない, etc.
aux-adj
5

not ...

Note: after the ren'youkei form of an adjective
See also: ない
6

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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