WORD DETAIL
無い
ない
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
無い, readない, expresses the absence of a thing or something abstract such as experience. - Basic usage: In
冷蔵庫には卵が一つも無い。, there are no eggs at all in the refrigerator.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Complete absence
一つも無いmeans none at all, rather than a small quantity.経験が無いapplies absence to experience instead of countable objects.

