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N3 嫌いなわけではないが毎日は食べたくない Kirai na wake de wa nai ga mainichi wa tabetakunai It is not that I dislike it but I do not want to eat it every day N4 ここではタバコを吸ってはいけません。 Koko de wa tabako o sutte wa ikemasen. You must not smoke here. N4 全部分かったわけではありません。 Zenbu wakatta wake de wa arimasen. It is not that I understood everything. N4 彼が嫌いなわけではありません。 Kare ga kirai na wake de wa arimasen. It is not that I dislike him. N4 約束を忘れたわけではありません。 Yakusoku o wasureta wake de wa arimasen. It is not that I forgot the promise. N4 最近忙しいわけではないけど前より時間が少なくなった気がする Saikin isogashii wake de wa nai kedo mae yori jikan ga sukunaku natta ki ga suru It is not that I am busy but I feel I have less time than before N4 この説明だけでは分かりにくいから、例を出してもらえますか Kono setsumei dake de wa wakarinikui kara, rei o dashite moraemasu ka It is hard to understand with only this explanation, so could you give an example N5 私は学生ではありません。 Watashi wa gakusei dewa arimasen. I am not a student. N5 昨日は暇ではありませんでした。 Kinou wa hima dewa arimasen deshita. Yesterday I was not free.

N3 〜べきではない beki de wa nai Indicates moral prohibition or negative recommendation, attaches to a verb, means should not do N3 〜というわけだ to iu wake da Indicates explanatory conclusion from what was said, attaches to a sentence, means so that means or that is why N3 〜ものではない mono de wa nai Indicates negative advice or moral rule, attaches to a verb, means one should not do N3 〜わけではない wake de wa nai Indicates partial negation, corrects an exaggerated interpretation, attaches to verb adjective or noun, means it does not mean that N3 〜ないわけではない nai wake de wa nai Indicates partial affirmation through double negation, softens the statement, means it is not that it is not N4 〜ほど hodo Indicates degree, extent, comparison, or intensity, attaches to verb, adjective, or noun, means as much as or to the point that N4 〜だけでなく dake de naku Indicates addition of information, connects words or clauses, means not only but also N4 〜ばかりでなく bakari de naku Indicates emphatic addition, connects words or clauses, means not only but also, used in a more formal style N5 〜です desu Used at the end of a sentence, polite affirmative form, means to be depending on context