"くない" meaning in Japanese

See くない in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kɯ̟na̠i] Forms: kunai [romanization]
Etymology: Unknown. The kanji spellings appear to be ateji (当て字). This term appears to be rare, and it is not listed in many dictionaries. Etymology templates: {{unk|ja}} Unknown, {{sortkey|ja|くない}} くない, {{ja-ateji}} ateji (当て字) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} くない • (kunai)
  1. (weaponry) a Japanese weapon, possibly derived from a masonry trowel Categories (topical): Weapons, Tools, Weapons Derived forms: 苦無術 (kunai-jutsu) (ruby: (), (ない), (じゅつ)) (english: kunai technique), 小苦無 (shō-kunai) (ruby: (しょう), (), (ない)) (english: small kunai), 大苦無 (dai-kunai) (ruby: (だい), (), (ない)) (english: big kunai) Coordinate_terms: 手裏剣 (shuriken) (ruby: (しゅ), (), (けん))
    Sense id: en-くない-ja-noun-z~x92TwF Disambiguation of Tools: 93 7 Disambiguation of Weapons: 93 7 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese particles, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 93 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 93 7 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 99 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle

IPA: [kɯ̟na̠i] Forms: kunai [romanization]
Etymology: Derived as a repurposing of the negative ending -ku nai of regular -i adjectives. Appears as slang in informal usage where standard Japanese would use じゃない (ja nai) instead. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|じゃ ない}} じゃない (ja nai) Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle}} くない • (kunai)
  1. (informal, slang) isn't it, aren't you (said when seeking confirmation from the listener) Tags: informal, slang
    Sense id: en-くない-ja-particle-aYZwetV7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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              "無",
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          "english": "small kunai",
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    "Daijisen",
    "Kunai",
    "Kyōsuke Kindaichi",
    "ja:くない",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
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          "text": "あるくない?",
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          "english": "We have the voicing mark once we get to the Edo period, don't we?",
          "ref": "2019 August 21, QuizKnock [QuizKnock], 5m30s from the start, in 【判じ絵】江戸時代のなぞなぞに東大生が挑戦!, via YouTube:",
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              "江",
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              "時",
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          "english": "Dude, but look at this though; it's blinking. Isn't that whack?",
          "ref": "2020 October 28, QuizKnock [QuizKnock], 3m02s from the start, in 「ですが」が全部「か〜ら〜の〜?」になるクイズしてみたYO⤴【パリピ】, via YouTube:",
          "roman": "Tsuka yabakune kore? Hikaru kune? Hikaru kune?",
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              "光",
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              "光",
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  "word": "くない"
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      "ipa": "[kɯ̟na̠i]"
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          "roman": "Aru kunai?",
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        },
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          "english": "We have the voicing mark once we get to the Edo period, don't we?",
          "ref": "2019 August 21, QuizKnock [QuizKnock], 5m30s from the start, in 【判じ絵】江戸時代のなぞなぞに東大生が挑戦!, via YouTube:",
          "roman": "Edo jidai ni naru to dakuten aru kunai?",
          "ruby": [
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              "戸",
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              "時",
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              "濁",
              "だく"
            ],
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              "点",
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          ],
          "text": "江戸時代になると濁点あるくない?",
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          "english": "Dude, but look at this though; it's blinking. Isn't that whack?",
          "ref": "2020 October 28, QuizKnock [QuizKnock], 3m02s from the start, in 「ですが」が全部「か〜ら〜の〜?」になるクイズしてみたYO⤴【パリピ】, via YouTube:",
          "roman": "Tsuka yabakune kore? Hikaru kune? Hikaru kune?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "光",
              "ひか"
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              "光",
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    {
      "ipa": "[kɯ̟na̠i]"
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  "word": "くない"
}

Download raw JSONL data for くない meaning in Japanese (4.8kB)

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "くない",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
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