Illustration: At a community center's entrance, an attendant holds up a forgotten oversized sunhat toward a departing visitor, eyebrows raised in a clear ownership question. The visitor meets the attendant's gaze, shakes their head, and gently waves an open hand sideways in denial.

JLPT N5interjectionLevel estimated by Bebop

いいえ

iie

いえ is another common way to say it. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

「机つくえの中なかに本ほんがありますか」「いいえ、ありません」
"Is there a book in the desk?" "No, there isn’t."
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いいえ、知しりません。
No, I don’t know.
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いいえ、歌うたいません。
No, I’m not singing.
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