- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common (kanji info)
  1. 1. [adj-i] nonexistent; not being (there) (uk)
  2. 2. [adj-i] unowned; not had; unpossessed
  3. 3. [adj-i] unique
  4. 4. [adj-i] not; impossible; won't happen — as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility
  5. 5. [adj-i, aux-adj] not — after the conjunctive form of an adjective
  6. 6. [adj-i, aux-adj] to not be; to have not — after the -te form of a verb

Conjugation — Adjective (―i)

Dictionary form (nai)
Polite (naidesu)
Past, plain (nakatta)
Past, polite (nakattadesu)
Negative, plain (nakunai)
Negative, polite (nakuarimasen)
Past negative, plain (nakunakatta)
Past negative, polite (nakuarimasendeshita)
Te-form (nakute)
Conditional (―ba) (nakereba)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

There is not much difference between the two opinions.
I have no intention whatever of resigning.
I'm living on welfare, without a car or anything.
He grumbles a lot, but deep down he's not a bad guy.
He is not always busy in the morning.
He is not as young as he looks.