"無い" meaning in Japanese

See 無い in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [na̠i]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|ない|infl=i}} 無(な)い • (nai) -i (adverbial 無(な)く (naku)) 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=な|lemma=無|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}}, {{ja-conj-bungo|な|adj-ku}} Forms: 無い [canonical] (ruby: ()), nai [romanization], 無く [adverbial] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 無かろ [imperfective, stem], なかろ [imperfective, stem], nakaro [imperfective], 無く [continuative, stem], なく [continuative, stem], naku [continuative], 無い [stem, terminative], ない [stem, terminative], nai [terminative], 無い [attributive, stem], ない [attributive, stem], nai [attributive], 無けれ [hypothetical, stem], なけれ [hypothetical, stem], nakere [hypothetical], 無かれ [imperative, stem], なかれ [imperative, stem], nakare [imperative], 無くない [informal, negative], なくない [informal, negative], naku nai [informal, negative], 無かった [informal, past], なかった [informal, past], nakatta [informal, past], 無くなかった [informal, negative, past], なくなかった [informal, negative, past], naku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 無いです [formal], ないです [formal], nai desu [formal], 無くないです [formal, negative], なくないです [formal, negative], naku nai desu [formal, negative], 無かったです [formal, past], なかったです [formal, past], nakatta desu [formal, past], 無くなかったです [formal, negative, past], なくなかったです [formal, negative, past], naku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 無くて [conjunctive], なくて [conjunctive], nakute [conjunctive], 無ければ [conditional], なければ [conditional], nakereba [conditional], 無かったら [conditional, past], なかったら [conditional, past], nakattara [conditional, past], 無かろう [volitional], なかろう [volitional], nakarō [volitional], 無く [adverbial], なく [adverbial], naku [adverbial], 無さ [noun-from-adj], なさ [noun-from-adj], nasa [noun-from-adj], no-table-tags [table-tags], 無く [irrealis, stem], 無から [irrealis, stem], なく [irrealis, stem], なから [irrealis, stem], naku [irrealis], nakara [irrealis], 無く [continuative, stem], 無かり [continuative, stem], なく [continuative, stem], なかり [continuative, stem], naku [continuative], nakari [continuative], 無し [stem, terminative], なし [stem, terminative], nasi [terminative], 無き [attributive, stem], 無かる [attributive, stem], なき [attributive, stem], なかる [attributive, stem], naki [attributive], nakaru [attributive], 無けれ [realis, stem], なけれ [realis, stem], nakere [realis], 無かれ [imperative, stem], なかれ [imperative, stem], nakare [imperative], 無からず [negative], なからず [negative], nakarazu [negative], 無けれど [contrastive], なけれど [contrastive], nakeredo [contrastive], 無ければ [causative], なければ [causative], nakereba [causative], 無くば [conditional], なくば [conditional], nakuba [conditional], 無かりき [past], なかりき [past], nakariki [past], 無かりけり [past], なかりけり [past], nakarikeri [past], 無く [adverbial], なく [adverbial], naku [adverbial]
  1. no; nonexistent
    Sense id: en-無い-ja-adj-b41w0h9t
  2. not possessed or unavailable for one to use; not having
    Sense id: en-無い-ja-adj-sSnFu8E1
  3. not yet come, (expected but) not arrived
    Sense id: en-無い-ja-adj-fUxij8ym Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 15 71 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 7 17 67 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 6 13 73 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 5 21 68 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 6 13 73 8
  4. first in occurrence
    Sense id: en-無い-ja-adj-9o~CxNv4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ありません (arimasen)

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "aru",
      "word": "有る"
    },
    {
      "roman": "iru",
      "word": "居る"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "無い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無く",
      "roman": "naku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無から",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なから",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無し",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なし",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nasi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無き",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakaru",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無からず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なからず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakarazu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無けれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なけれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakeredo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無くば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakuba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakariki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakarikeri",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ない",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "無(な)い • (nai) -i (adverbial 無(な)く (naku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "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": "な",
        "lemma": "無",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "な",
        "2": "adj-ku"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I know I put an apple on the table, but it's gone.",
          "roman": "Watashi ga tēburu no ue ni tashika ni oita ringo ga nai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "上",
              "うえ"
            ],
            [
              "確",
              "たし"
            ],
            [
              "置",
              "お"
            ],
            [
              "無",
              "な"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "私がテーブルの上に確かに置いたリンゴが無い。"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don't yet have a name.",
          "roman": "Namae wa mada nai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "名前",
              "なまえ"
            ],
            [
              "無",
              "な"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "名前はまだ無い。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "no; nonexistent"
      ],
      "id": "en-無い-ja-adj-b41w0h9t",
      "links": [
        [
          "no",
          "no"
        ],
        [
          "nonexistent",
          "nonexistent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I have no money.",
          "roman": "Okane ga nai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "金",
              "かね"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "お金がない。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not possessed or unavailable for one to use; not having"
      ],
      "id": "en-無い-ja-adj-sSnFu8E1",
      "links": [
        [
          "possess",
          "possess"
        ],
        [
          "having",
          "having"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 15 71 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 17 67 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 13 73 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 21 68 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 13 73 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not yet come, (expected but) not arrived"
      ],
      "id": "en-無い-ja-adj-fUxij8ym",
      "links": [
        [
          "come",
          "come"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "first in occurrence"
      ],
      "id": "en-無い-ja-adj-9o~CxNv4",
      "links": [
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ない"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "arimasen",
      "word": "ありません"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無い"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "aru",
      "word": "有る"
    },
    {
      "roman": "iru",
      "word": "居る"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "無い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無く",
      "roman": "naku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無から",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なから",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無し",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なし",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nasi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無き",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakaru",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無からず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なからず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakarazu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無けれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なけれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakeredo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無くば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なくば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakuba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakariki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無かりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なかりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nakarikeri",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ない",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "無(な)い • (nai) -i (adverbial 無(な)く (naku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "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": "な",
        "lemma": "無",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "な",
        "2": "adj-ku"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I know I put an apple on the table, but it's gone.",
          "roman": "Watashi ga tēburu no ue ni tashika ni oita ringo ga nai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "上",
              "うえ"
            ],
            [
              "確",
              "たし"
            ],
            [
              "置",
              "お"
            ],
            [
              "無",
              "な"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "私がテーブルの上に確かに置いたリンゴが無い。"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don't yet have a name.",
          "roman": "Namae wa mada nai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "名前",
              "なまえ"
            ],
            [
              "無",
              "な"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "名前はまだ無い。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "no; nonexistent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "no",
          "no"
        ],
        [
          "nonexistent",
          "nonexistent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I have no money.",
          "roman": "Okane ga nai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "金",
              "かね"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "お金がない。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not possessed or unavailable for one to use; not having"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "possess",
          "possess"
        ],
        [
          "having",
          "having"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "not yet come, (expected but) not arrived"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "come",
          "come"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "first in occurrence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ない"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "arimasen",
      "word": "ありません"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無い"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). 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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