Keyword
nothing
- nothingness
- none
- ain't
- nil
- not
- Frequency
- #274
- Strokes
- 12
- Grade
- 4
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 1913
Readings
ム80%
な15%
ブ5%
Mnemonic
Cooks heat a cage over fire sparks, expecting a cow head, forty piglets and one goat inside, but the animals have all fled and there is nothing.
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Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
無い
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unpossessed; unique; not; impossible; won't happen; to not be; …
I-adjective
無理
unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable; impossible; forcible; forced; compulsory; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate; to work too hard; …
Na-adjective
無くなる
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
Godan verb
間も無く
soon; shortly; before long; in a short time; in a little while; having no time to ...; with no time to ...
Adverb
勿体無い
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; unworthy of; impious; profane; sacrilegious
I-adjective