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得ない

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
Grade: 5

Etymology

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negative of 得る

Suffix

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()ない (-enai-i (adverbial ()なく (-enaku))

  1. cannot

Usage notes

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This suffix attaches to the -masu stem of a verb, and forms -i adjectives.

Inflection

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