"ません" meaning in Japanese

See ません in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -masen [romanization]
Etymology: From ませぬ (masenu), from まらせぬ (marasenu), from まゐらせぬ (mairasenu), the negative form of 参(まゐ)らす (mairasu, “to do, to give, to offer”). Negative -ぬ (nu) regularly contracts to -ん (n). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|ませぬ}} ませぬ (masenu), {{ja-r|まらせぬ}} まらせぬ (marasenu), {{ja-r|まゐらせぬ}} まゐらせぬ (mairasenu), {{ja-r|参らす|まゐらす|to do, to give, to offer}} 参(まゐ)らす (mairasu, “to do, to give, to offer”), {{ja-r|ぬ}} ぬ (nu), {{ja-r|ん}} ん (n) Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix}} ません • (-masen)
  1. A suffix used to form the polite negative present of a verb. The negative form of the polite suffix -ます (-masu). Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ません-ja-suffix-GMvsR5z0 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Forms: -masen [romanization]
Etymology: From ませむ (masemu), from まらせむ (marasemu), from まゐらせむ (mairasemu), the volitional form of 参(まゐ)らす (mairasu, “to do, to give, to offer”). Classical volitional auxiliary -む (mu) regularly contracts to -ん (n). The same root also serves as a basis for modern ましょう (mashō), from ませう (maseu), based off of an alternative regular contraction of classical volitional auxiliary -む (mu) to -う (u). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|ませむ}} ませむ (masemu), {{ja-r|まらせむ}} まらせむ (marasemu), {{ja-r|まゐらせむ}} まゐらせむ (mairasemu), {{ja-r|参らす|まゐらす|to do, to give, to offer}} 参(まゐ)らす (mairasu, “to do, to give, to offer”), {{ja-r|む}} む (mu), {{ja-r|ん}} ん (n), {{ja-r|ましょう}} ましょう (mashō), {{ja-r|ませう}} ませう (maseu), {{ja-r|む}} む (mu), {{ja-r|う}} う (u) Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix}} ません • (-masen)
  1. (archaic, Edo period) A suffix used to form the polite volitional of a verb. The volitional form of the polite suffix -ます (-masu). Tags: archaic, morpheme Synonyms: ましょう (mashō), ませう (maseu)
    Sense id: en-ません-ja-suffix-foImhuQt Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    },
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      },
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    }
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        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "出来",
              "でき"
            ],
            [
              "出来",
              "でき"
            ],
            [
              "出来",
              "でき"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "出来る (dekiru, “to be able”) → 出来ます (dekimasu, “to be able”, formal) → 出来ません (dekimasen, “to be unable”, formal)"
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          "-ます",
          "ます#Japanese"
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        "1": "ん"
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        "1": "ましょう"
      },
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    },
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        "1": "ませう"
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              "出来",
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        "1": "ましょう"
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    },
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    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for ません meaning in Japanese (4.3kB)

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