See くない in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"_dis": "93 7",
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"Entry maintenance"
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{
"roman": "shuriken",
"ruby": [
[
"手",
"しゅ"
],
[
"裏",
"り"
],
[
"剣",
"けん"
]
],
"word": "手裏剣"
}
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"english": "kunai technique",
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"ruby": [
[
"苦",
"く"
],
[
"無",
"ない"
],
[
"術",
"じゅつ"
]
],
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},
{
"english": "small kunai",
"roman": "shō-kunai",
"ruby": [
[
"小",
"しょう"
],
[
"苦",
"く"
],
[
"無",
"ない"
]
],
"word": "小苦無"
},
{
"english": "big kunai",
"roman": "dai-kunai",
"ruby": [
[
"大",
"だい"
],
[
"苦",
"く"
],
[
"無",
"ない"
]
],
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}
],
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"a Japanese weapon, possibly derived from a masonry trowel"
],
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[
"weaponry",
"weaponry"
],
[
"weapon",
"weapon"
],
[
"masonry",
"masonry"
],
[
"trowel",
"trowel"
]
],
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"(weaponry) a Japanese weapon, possibly derived from a masonry trowel"
],
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"natural-sciences",
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"politics",
"tools",
"war",
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{
"ipa": "[kɯ̟na̠i]"
}
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"Daijirin",
"Daijisen",
"Kunai",
"Kyōsuke Kindaichi",
"ja:くない",
"ja:松村明"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "じゃ ない"
},
"expansion": "じゃない (ja nai)",
"name": "ja-r"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
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{
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"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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{
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{
"roman": "Aru kunai?",
"text": "あるくない？",
"type": "example"
},
{
"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": [
[
"江",
"え"
],
[
"戸",
"ど"
],
[
"時",
"じ"
],
[
"代",
"だい"
],
[
"濁",
"だく"
],
[
"点",
"てん"
]
],
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"type": "quote"
},
{
"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"
],
[
"光",
"ひか"
]
],
"text": "つかやばくねコレ？光るくね？光るくね？",
"type": "quote"
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"isn't it, aren't you (said when seeking confirmation from the listener)"
],
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"isn't it",
"isn't it"
]
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"(informal, slang) isn't it, aren't you (said when seeking confirmation from the listener)"
],
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"informal",
"slang"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "[kɯ̟na̠i]"
}
],
"word": "くない"
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"Japanese hiragana",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese nouns",
"Japanese particles",
"Japanese terms spelled with ateji",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with unknown etymologies",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"ja:Tools",
"ja:Weapons"
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{
"roman": "shuriken",
"ruby": [
[
"手",
"しゅ"
],
[
"裏",
"り"
],
[
"剣",
"けん"
]
],
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}
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{
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[
"苦",
"く"
],
[
"無",
"ない"
],
[
"術",
"じゅつ"
]
],
"word": "苦無術"
},
{
"english": "small kunai",
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[
"小",
"しょう"
],
[
"苦",
"く"
],
[
"無",
"ない"
]
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},
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"english": "big kunai",
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[
"大",
"だい"
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[
"苦",
"く"
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"無",
"ない"
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"a Japanese weapon, possibly derived from a masonry trowel"
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"ipa": "[kɯ̟na̠i]"
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"Daijisen",
"Kunai",
"Kyōsuke Kindaichi",
"ja:くない",
"ja:松村明"
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"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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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?",
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[
"江",
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],
[
"戸",
"ど"
],
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"時",
"じ"
],
[
"代",
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[
"濁",
"だく"
],
[
"点",
"てん"
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"type": "quote"
},
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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",
"ひか"
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[
"光",
"ひか"
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],
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"isn't it, aren't you (said when seeking confirmation from the listener)"
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}
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{
"ipa": "[kɯ̟na̠i]"
}
],
"word": "くない"
}
Download raw JSONL data for くない meaning in Japanese (4.8kB)
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"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "くない",
"trace": ""
}
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"path": [
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"section": "Japanese",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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