ない

Kana: ない

not (negative form)

Example sentence

今日は時間がないです。

きょうはじかんがないです。

I have no time today.

What ない means

ない (ない) is a Japanese word meaning “not (negative form)”. It belongs to the Grammar & Phrases topic and appears at Level 1, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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