JLPT N4 vocabulary
行けない: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
いけない
i-adjective
Meaning
- bad, wrong, naughty
- must not (do, be), should not, ought not to (after the -te form of a verb or adjective)
- useless, no good, bad
- hopeless, beyond hope
- unfortunate, a shame, a pity (used to express sympathy)
- unable to drink (alcohol)
- so as not to ..., so that ... (won't), in case ..., for fear that ..., lest ...
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 行けない | 行けな |
| Plain past過去形 | 行けな | 行けな |
| Polite presentです形 | 行けない | 行けな |
| Polite pastでした形 | 行けな | 行けな |
| Te-formて形 | 行けな | 行けな |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 行けない | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 行けな | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 行けな | 行けな |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 行けな | 行けな |