Word
ない
Meaning in Englishthere isn't, doesn't have
Sentence
Related sentences
N3
そんな態度では信頼されないよ
Sonna taido de wa shinrai sarenai yo
With that attitude not trusted
N3
彼が成功するに違いないと感じている
Kare ga seikou suru ni chigainai to kanjite iru
Feel he succeed surely
N3
彼は毎日練習しているから上手になるに違いない
Kare wa mainichi renshuu shite iru kara jouzu ni naru ni chigai nai
Since he practices every day he will surely get better
N3
行けないことはないが今日は少し疲れている
Ikenai koto wa nai ga kyou wa sukoshi tsukarete iru
It is not impossible for me to go but I am a little tired today
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
分からない言葉があったら、辞書で調べます。
Wakaranai kotoba ga attara, jisho de shirabemasu.
If there is a word I do not understand, I look it up in a dictionary.
N4
田中さんは来ないと言いました。
Tanaka-san wa konai to iimashita.
Mr. Tanaka said he would not come.
N4
忘れないようにメモを書きました。
Wasurenai you ni memo o kakimashita.
I wrote a memo so I would not forget.
N4
忘れないようにメモしておきます
Wasurenai you ni memo shite okimasu
I will take notes so I do not forget
Grammar
Related grammar structures
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
〜はずがない
hazu ga nai
Indicates logical impossibility based on expectation or evidence, attaches to verb adjective or noun, means cannot be that
N3
〜にすぎない
ni suginai
Indicates limitation or minimization, attaches to noun verb or adjective, means only or nothing more than
N3
〜とは限らない
to wa kagiranai
Indicates something is not necessarily always true, attaches to a sentence, means it does not always mean that
N3
〜ようとしない
you to shinai
Indicates refusal or lack of attempt, attaches to volitional verb, means not try to do or refuse to act
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
〜に相違ない
ni soui nai
Indicates very strong formal certainty, attaches to verb adjective or noun, means undoubtedly or certainly
N3
〜にほかならない
ni hoka naranai
Indicates emphatic identification of the true cause or nature, attaches to a noun, means nothing other than