Meanings
Adjective (い)
Usually written in kana
1. nonexistent; not being (there)
2. unowned; not had; unpossessed
3. unique
4. not; impossible; won't happen
as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility
Aux. adjective
5. not
after the ren'youkei form of an adjective
6. to not be; to have not
after the -te form of a verb
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (531 in total)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
is not; am not; are not
it is not (like that) either
Examples (200 in total)
There won't be a next time.
It's not hard.
There is no reply.