"できない" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [de̞kʲina̠i] Forms: dekinai [romanization]
Etymology: でき (deki-) + ない (-nai) Etymology templates: {{affix|ja|でき|ない|tr1=deki-|tr2=-nai}} でき (deki-) + ない (-nai) Head templates: {{ja-verb form|できない}} できない • (dekinai)
  1. negative of できる (dekiru) [ichidan]
    incapable, impossible
    Synonyms (incapable): 無理 (muri) (ruby: (), ())
    Sense id: en-できない-ja-verb-Rry9GbgC Disambiguation of 'incapable': 82 14 4
  2. negative of できる (dekiru) [ichidan]
    incompetent
    Synonyms (incompetent): 無能 (munō) (ruby: (), (のう))
    Sense id: en-できない-ja-verb-4OJps6c1 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 30 46 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 13 75 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 13 75 12 Disambiguation of 'incompetent': 6 92 2
  3. negative of できる (dekiru) [ichidan]
    ineligible
    Synonyms (ineligible): 無資格 (mushikaku) (ruby: (), (), (かく))
    Sense id: en-できない-ja-verb-dqyylxSQ Disambiguation of 'ineligible': 2 3 94

Alternative forms

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