Illustration: In a small Japanese museum, a visitor reaches past a low cord barrier to touch the nose of an appealing ceramic dog. A nearby attendant faces the visitor and crosses both forearms firmly in front of the chest.

JLPT N5expressionLevel estimated by Bebop

いけません

ikemasen

must not

After ては, it says an action is not allowed. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

食たべてはいけません。
Do not eat.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
これはしてはいけません。
Don’t do this.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
ここへ来きてはいけません。
Do not come here.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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