kayowanai
Meaning and examples
commute — plain negative
通わない日もあります。
かよわない ひ も あります。
kayowanai hi mo arimasu.
There are days when I do not commute.
💡 Form of 通う (to commute).
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JLPT N4 vocabulary
Words 1481–1490
kayowanai
commute — plain negative
通わない日もあります。
かよわない ひ も あります。
kayowanai hi mo arimasu.
There are days when I do not commute.
💡 Form of 通う (to commute).
tetsudawanai
help — plain negative
できれば手伝わないようにしています。
できれば てつだわない よう に しています。
dekireba tetsudawanai you ni shiteimasu.
If I can, I try not to help.
💡 Form of 手伝う (to help).
maniawanai
be in time — plain negative
理由があって、まだ間に合わない。
りゆう が あって、まだ まにあわない。
riyuu ga atte, mada maniawanai.
There is a reason, so I still do not be in time.
💡 Form of 間に合う (to be in time).
hirowanai
pick up — plain negative
時間がないので拾わない。
じかん が ない ので ひろわない。
jikan ga nai node hirowanai.
I do not pick up because there is no time.
💡 Form of 拾う (to pick up).
warawanai
laugh — plain negative
時間がないので笑わない。
じかん が ない ので わらわない。
jikan ga nai node warawanai.
I do not laugh because there is no time.
💡 Form of 笑う (to laugh).
nakanai
cry — plain negative
泣かないと決めました。
なかない と きめました。
nakanai to kimemashita.
I decided that I will not cry.
💡 Form of 泣く (to cry).
okoranai
get angry — plain negative
怒らないつもりです。
おこらない つもり です。
okoranai tsumori desu.
I do not intend to get angry.
💡 Form of 怒る (to get angry).
odorokanai
be surprised — plain negative
驚かない人もいます。
おどろかない ひと も います。
odorokanai hito mo imasu.
There are people who do not be surprised.
💡 Form of 驚く (to be surprised).
ugokanai
move — plain negative
動かない日もあります。
うごかない ひ も あります。
ugokanai hi mo arimasu.
There are days when I do not move.
💡 Form of 動く (to move).
hatarakanai
work — plain negative
働かないほうがいいと思います。
はたらかない ほう が いい と おもいます。
hatarakanai hou ga ii to omoimasu.
I think it is better not to work.
💡 Form of 働く (to work).
Once 働く clicks, 働かない comes free — it is the same word at work in a sentence: 働く = work (a job).
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