How to say nonexistent in Japanese

ないnai☆《無い》 Inflection

adjective:

  • nonexistent; not being (there) ➜ 亡い
  • unpossessed; unowned; not had
  • unique ➜ またとない
  • not; impossible; won't happen - as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility

auxiliary adjective:

  • not ... - after the ren'youkei form of an adjective ➜ ない
  • to not be...; to have not ... - after the -te form of a verb

Example Sentences

彼kareはhaテレビTEREBIをwo見ているmiteiruはずがないhazuganai。
The intention that he is watching a television is nonexistent.
このkono地域chiikiのno失業shitsugyouはhaほぼhoboないnaiにni等しいhitoshii。
Unemployment in this part of the country is virtually nonexistent.
愛aiはha盲目moumokuでdeあるaruがga、嫉妬shittoはha存在sonzaiしshiないnaiものmonoまでmade見せるmiseruことkotoがgaあるaru。
Love is blind, but jealousy can see even nonexistent things.
スウェーデンSUUEEDENのnoアニメANIME業界gyoukaiがga抱えるkakaeru一番ichibanのno問題mondaiはha、そもそもsomosomoスウェーデンSUUEEDENのnoアニメANIME業界gyoukaiというtoiuものmonoがga存在sonzaiしshiないnaiことkotoでdeあるaru。
The problem with the Swedish animation industry is that it is, by and large, nonexistent.

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