Illustration: At a Japanese apartment dining table, a woman lifts a domed food cover while holding a small dessert fork ready in her other hand. Under the cover sits a completely empty serving plate, plainly exposed between her and her waiting partner.

JLPT N5i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

ない

nai

nonexistent, not there

Example sentences

  1. 箱はこの中なかには何なにもなかった。

    The box was empty.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. 仕事しごとなければ、お金かねをためられません。

    If I don’t have a job, I can’t save money.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  3. 私わたしの町まちにはまだ水道すいどうが無ない。

    My town still doesn’t have running water.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

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