"定めない" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [sa̠da̠me̞na̠i]
Etymology: Compound of 定め (sadame, “fate; rule, law”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 定める sadameru “to decide, to establish, to settle”) + 無い (nai, “there isn't, does not exist”): literally, “there is no set fate”, and by extension, “changeable”. Note that this is distinct from the negative form of verb 定める (sadameru), 定めない (sadamenai, see below), although both have the same reading. Etymology templates: {{ja-l/helper|定める||}} 定める, {{ja-l|定める}} 定める, {{compound|ja|定め|無い|pos1=the <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">連用形</i> (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 定める sadameru “to decide, to establish, to settle”|sort=さだめない|t1=fate; rule, law|t2=there isn't, does not exist|tr1=sadame|tr2=nai}} 定め (sadame, “fate; rule, law”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 定める sadameru “to decide, to establish, to settle”) + 無い (nai, “there isn't, does not exist”) Head templates: {{ja-adj|さだめない|infl=i}} 定(さだ)めない • (sadamenai) -i (adverbial 定(さだ)めなく (sadamenaku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=さだめな|lemma=定めな|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 定めない [canonical] (ruby: (さだ)), sadamenai [romanization], 定めなく [adverbial] (ruby: (さだ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 定めなかろ [imperfective, stem], さだめなかろ [imperfective, stem], sadamenakaro [imperfective], 定めなく [continuative, stem], さだめなく [continuative, stem], sadamenaku [continuative], 定めない [stem, terminative], さだめない [stem, terminative], sadamenai [terminative], 定めない [attributive, stem], さだめない [attributive, stem], sadamenai [attributive], 定めなけれ [hypothetical, stem], さだめなけれ [hypothetical, stem], sadamenakere [hypothetical], 定めなかれ [imperative, stem], さだめなかれ [imperative, stem], sadamenakare [imperative], 定めなくない [informal, negative], さだめなくない [informal, negative], sadamenaku nai [informal, negative], 定めなかった [informal, past], さだめなかった [informal, past], sadamenakatta [informal, past], 定めなくなかった [informal, negative, past], さだめなくなかった [informal, negative, past], sadamenaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 定めないです [formal], さだめないです [formal], sadamenai desu [formal], 定めなくないです [formal, negative], さだめなくないです [formal, negative], sadamenaku nai desu [formal, negative], 定めなかったです [formal, past], さだめなかったです [formal, past], sadamenakatta desu [formal, past], 定めなくなかったです [formal, negative, past], さだめなくなかったです [formal, negative, past], sadamenaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 定めなくて [conjunctive], さだめなくて [conjunctive], sadamenakute [conjunctive], 定めなければ [conditional], さだめなければ [conditional], sadamenakereba [conditional], 定めなかったら [conditional, past], さだめなかったら [conditional, past], sadamenakattara [conditional, past], 定めなかろう [volitional], さだめなかろう [volitional], sadamenakarō [volitional], 定めなく [adverbial], さだめなく [adverbial], sadamenaku [adverbial], 定めなさ [noun-from-adj], さだめなさ [noun-from-adj], sadamenasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. transient, changeable, ephemeral
    Sense id: en-定めない-ja-adj-UglwTl2- Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 59 41 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 58 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 57 43 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: [sa̠da̠me̞na̠i] Forms: 定めない [canonical] (ruby: (さだ)), sadamenai [romanization]
Etymology: The negative form of verb 定める (sadameru, “to decide, to establish, to settle”). Head templates: {{ja-verb form|さだめない|tr=trans|type=2}} 定(さだ)めない • (sadamenai)
  1. negative of 定める (sadameru) [ichidan]: to not decide, to not establish, to not settle Tags: form-of, negative Form of: 定める (extra: (sadameru) [ichidan]: to not decide, to not establish, to not settle)
    Sense id: en-定めない-ja-verb-db4DciVd Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "form": "さだめなくない",
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      "form": "定めなかった",
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    {
      "form": "さだめなかった",
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      "form": "sadamenakatta",
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    {
      "form": "定めなくなかった",
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    {
      "form": "さだめなくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "sadamenaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "定めないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
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    {
      "form": "さだめないです",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "さだめなくないです",
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    {
      "form": "sadamenaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "定めなかったです",
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      "form": "さだめなかったです",
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      "form": "sadamenakatta desu",
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        "past"
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      "form": "定めなくなかったです",
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        "past"
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      "form": "sadamenaku nakatta desu",
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      "form": "定めなくて",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "さだめなくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "sadamenakute",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "定めなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "さだめなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "sadamenakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "定めなかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "さだめなかったら",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenakattara",
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      "form": "定めなかろう",
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      "form": "sadamenaku",
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      "form": "定めなさ",
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    {
      "form": "さだめなさ",
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      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
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      "form": "sadamenasa",
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        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
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      "other": "さだめない"
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  ],
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        "tr2": "nai"
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      "expansion": "定め (sadame, “fate; rule, law”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 定める sadameru “to decide, to establish, to settle”) + 無い (nai, “there isn't, does not exist”)",
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    }
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      "form": "定めない",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "定",
          "さだ"
        ]
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "定めなく",
      "roman": "sadamenaku",
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          "さだ"
        ]
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      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "定めなかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さだめなかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "定めなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さだめなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "定めない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さだめない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "定めない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さだめない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "定めなけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さだめなけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "定めなかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さだめなかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "定めなくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さだめなくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "定めなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さだめなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "定めなくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さだめなくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "定めないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さだめないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "定めなくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さだめなくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "定めなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さだめなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "定めなくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さだめなくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "定めなくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さだめなくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "定めなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さだめなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "定めなかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さだめなかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "定めなかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さだめなかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "定めなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さだめなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "定めなさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さだめなさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadamenasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "さだめない",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "定(さだ)めない • (sadamenai) -i (adverbial 定(さだ)めなく (sadamenaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "さだめな",
        "lemma": "定めな",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "transient, changeable, ephemeral"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transient",
          "transient"
        ],
        [
          "changeable",
          "changeable"
        ],
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          "ephemeral",
          "ephemeral"
        ]
      ]
    }
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    {
      "other": "さだめない"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠da̠me̞na̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "定めない"
}

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  "etymology_text": "The negative form of verb 定める (sadameru, “to decide, to establish, to settle”).",
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          "extra": "(sadameru) [ichidan]: to not decide, to not establish, to not settle",
          "word": "定める"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "negative of 定める (sadameru) [ichidan]: to not decide, to not establish, to not settle"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "定める",
          "定める#Japanese"
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        [
          "decide",
          "decide"
        ],
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          "establish",
          "establish"
        ],
        [
          "settle",
          "settle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "さだめない"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠da̠me̞na̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "定めない"
}

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  "title": "定めない",
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