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ない is an exact match with the following word:
ない
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auxiliary adjective
1. not  (verb-negating suffix, may indicate question or invitation with rising intonation)
2. emphatic suffix  (see also: 忙しない; after the root of an adjective)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 74,594 which gives a rank of 10,405
• Google Japan frequency rank: 300 (about 2,720,000,000 results)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 27
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Example sentences:
しぜんかい
自然界
ほうび
褒美
なければ
ばち
ない
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments.
こんなん
困難
なくして
えいかん
栄冠
なし
No cross, no crown.
けっか
結果
なく
ふか
不可
なし
った
ところです
The result is neither good nor bad.
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