"じゃない" meaning in Japanese

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Verb

Forms: ja nai [romanization]
Etymology: Contraction of ではない (de wa nai). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|で は ない}} ではない (de wa nai) Head templates: {{ja-verb form|じゃ ない}} じゃない • (ja nai)
  1. (informal) negative of だ; I'm not, you aren't; it, it/she/he isn't; they aren't, we aren't. Tags: form-of, informal, negative Form of: (extra: I'm not, you aren't; it, it/she/he isn't; they aren't, we aren't) Synonyms: ではありません (de wa arimasen) [formal], ではない (de wa nai), じゃありません (ja arimasen), じゃないです (janai desu), じゃねえ (ja nē) [informal], じゃね (ja ne), じゃねー (ja nē), じゃねぇ (ja nē), じゃん (jan)

Alternative forms

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