jmdict 1529520 Active (id#2343582)
無い [ichi1,news2,nf45]
【 ない [ichi1,news2,nf45] 】
  1. [adj-i] [uk]
    • nonexistent
    • not being (there)
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 2215310 なくても良い【なくてもいい】 2. need not have; need not exist
    • ⇐ see: 2841117 ねー 1. nonexistent; not being (there); not having
    • ⇐ see: 2098150 無くてはならない【なくてはならない】 1. cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary
    • ⇐ see: 1518450 亡い【ない】 1. dead
    • ⇐ see: 2835361 無い内定【ないないてい】 1. having received no job offers; being without job offers
    • ⇐ see: 2835355 無い物は無い【ないものはない】 2. nonexistent; not in one's possession; we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have what we don't have
    • ⇐ see: 1529560 無し【なし】 3. nonexistent; not being (there)
    • ⇐ see: 2138570 無き【なき】 1. -less; lacking; non-existing
    • ⇐ see: 2756140 有らへん【あらへん】 1. not; nonexistent; not being (there)
  2. [adj-i]
    • unowned
    • not had
    • unpossessed
  3. [adj-i]
    • unique
    Cross references:
    • ⇒ see: 1524960 【またとない】 1. unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
  4. [adj-i]
    《as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility》
    • not
    • impossible
    • won't happen
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 2835362 無い無い【ないない】 2. no way; no chance
  5. [adj-i,aux-adj]
    《after the conjunctive form of an adjective》
    • not
    Cross references:
  6. [adj-i,aux-adj]
    《after the -te form of a verb》
    • to not be
    • to have not
Conjugations
History:
    • A 2025-07-08 05:21:57 Jim Breen (id#2343582)
    • Comments
      I don't get the point about the xref.
I think the POS is OK.
    • A* 2025-06-28 18:35:12 Sombrero1 (id#2342987)
    • Comments
      Was gonna say I'm not sure it's better, since the な doesn't belong to the 形容動詞 the same way い belongs to a 形容詞, but that doesn't help for words or senses that are [adj-na] only (like 結構 sense 1,2 and 3). It's just a bit less consistent with the "-masu" stem we have for verbs than "-ku" form would be. Works though

The xref would need to be to でない, not ではない

Also, a more general thing, shouldn't [aux-adj] be the first PoS for sense 5 and 6?
    • A* 2025-06-28 04:06:25 Sean McBroom (id#2342966)
    • Comments
      This is probably better, as it can also follow the -で form of a na-adjective, although that's quite rare. Also, ではない has its own entry, maybe it should be an xref.
    • Diff
      @@ -44 +44 @@
-<s_inf>after the -ku form of an adjective</s_inf>
+<s_inf>after the conjunctive form of an adjective</s_inf>
    • A* 2025-06-27 18:51:33 Sean McBroom (id#2342948)
    • Comments
      Only two notes use "ren'yōkei form", and I've already proposed an edit on the other. Most notes follow the "-masu stem" or "-te form" pattern or a more direct pattern like "plain past." I think this would be better as "-ku form" or "continuative form."
    • Diff
      @@ -44 +44 @@
-<s_inf>after the ren'yōkei form of an adjective</s_inf>
+<s_inf>after the -ku form of an adjective</s_inf>
    • A 2022-04-25 06:11:44 Jim Breen
  6. (show/hide 7 older history records)
View entry in alternate formats: jel | edict | jmdict xml | jmdictdb xml

Notes

  • Click on the entry seq# to see all versions of the entry. 　　　　　　
  • ⇒,⇔,⇐ Denote cross references (xrefs). ⇒ shows an xref from this entry sense to some other entry. ⇐ shows an xref on some other entry that points to this one; to change, edit the other entry. ⇔ indicates two xrefs, one in each direction.
  • Cross references marked with an asterisk (*) after the seq# denote a reference to an unapproved entry. These will disappear when the unapproved entry is approved.