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無い物は無い無いものは無いない物はない
ないものはない
1. [exp] [uk]
▶ there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have
2. [exp,adj-i] [uk]
《emphatic form of 無い》
▶ nonexistent
▶ not in one's possession
▶ we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have what we don't have
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1529520 無い 1. nonexistent; not being (there)

Conjugations


History:
6. A 2022-07-20 09:15:46  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2022-07-19 02:35:37 
  Comments:
This was discussed on the show "Getsuyou kara Yofukashi". There's a supermarket somewhere in the boondocks that uses this as a slogan but the show made fun of the fact that this could be read either way. They then proceeded to talk to the manager and asked him if they had different products and whether they had them or not, he replied "ないものはない". He finished with "日本語は便利ですね~"
  Diff:
@@ -28,0 +29 @@
+<gloss>we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have what we don't have</gloss>
4. A 2022-07-19 01:20:08  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2022-07-18 12:14:15  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
not sure "there's nothing that doesn't exist; " is helpful/a good translation
  Diff:
@@ -19 +18,0 @@
-<gloss>there's nothing that doesn't exist</gloss>
2. A 2018-04-25 04:50:52  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Eijiro
  Comments:
Yes, not simple.
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