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N5 昨日は便利ではありませんでした。 Kinou wa benri dewa arimasen deshita. Yesterday was not convenient. N5 いいえ、私は先生ではありません。 Iie, watashi wa sensei dewa arimasen. No, I am not a teacher. N4 いいえ、それは私の本ではありません。 Iie, sore wa watashi no hon dewa arimasen. No, that is not my book. N5 この部屋はきれいではありません。 Kono heya wa kirei dewa arimasen. This room is not clean. N5 私は野菜が好きではありません。 Watashi wa yasai ga suki dewa arimasen. I do not like vegetables.

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