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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: 2756140 有らへん【あらへん】 1. not; nonexistent; not being (there)
  ⇐ 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
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:
  ⇒ see: 2257550 ない 1. not
6. [adj-i,aux-adj]
《after the -te form of a verb》
▶ to not be
▶ to have not

Conjugations


History:
12. A 2025-07-08 05:21:57  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
I don't get the point about the xref.
I think the POS is OK.
11. A* 2025-06-28 18:35:12  Sombrero1
  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?
10. A* 2025-06-28 04:06:25  Sean McBroom <...address hidden...>
  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>
9. A* 2025-06-27 18:51:33  Sean McBroom <...address hidden...>
  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>
8. A 2022-04-25 06:11:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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