Janai

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じゃ無い (Janai) is a Japanese expression meaning “is not, am not, are not, isn't it?”.

Meanings

  1. expression, i-adjectiveis not; am not; are notfrom ではない
  2. expression, i-adjectiveisn't it?

Examples

  • Don't you like baseball?

  • You don't like chocolate, do you?

  • I don't like going out by myself at night.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in じゃ無い

nothingness

Related words

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