JLPT N4 vocabulary
無い: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
ない1Atamadaka · high start
i-adjective
Meaning
- nonexistent, not being (there)
- unowned, not had, unpossessed
- unique
- not, impossible, won't happen
- not (after the ren'yōkei form of an adjective)
- to not be, to have not (after the -te form of a verb)
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 無い | 無 |
| Plain past過去形 | 無 | 無 |
| Polite presentです形 | 無い | 無 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 無 | 無 |
| Te-formて形 | 無 | 無 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 無い | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 無 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 無 | 無 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 無 | 無 |
Example sentences
いいえ、謝ることはないよ。
No, there's no need to apologize.
彼はそれを見たはずがない。
He cannot have seen it.
アイスは箸で食べようがない。
There is no way to eat ice cream with chopsticks.