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ない 【無い】
  1. -adjective (keiyoushi)nonexistent; not being (there) —word usually written using kana alone (see: 亡い)
  2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
  3. unique (see: またとない)
  4. indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility
  5. -auxiliary adjective(after the ren'youkei form of an adjective) not ... (see: ない)
  6. (after the -te form of a verb) to not be...; to have not ...
車も何もなく、生活保護で生きてます。I'm living on welfare, without a car or anything.
２つの意見に大した差はない。There is not much difference between the two opinions.
あんたらの名前なんか興味ないね。どうせこの仕事が終わるとお別れだ。I don't care what your names are. Once this job's over, I'm out of here.
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ないものねだり 【無い物ねだり】
  1. -common noun; noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suruasking for the moon; asking for too much
ないそではふれぬ 【無い袖は振れぬ】
  1. -Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)you can't give (use) what you don't have; nothing comes from nothing; lit: you can't shake sleeves you don't have
ないちち・ナイチチ 【無い乳・ない乳】
  1. -common nounvery small breasts —word usually written using kana alone, colloquialism (see: 微乳)
ないうちに 【ない内に・無い内に】
  1. -Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)(after neg. stem of verb) before it becomes (verb); before (an undesirable thing occurs)
ないといけない 【ないと行けない・無いといけない・無いと行けない】
  1. -Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)(after negative base of verb) have to (verb); must (verb) —word usually written using kana alone (see: 無きゃいけない)
  2. is indispensable; absolutely necessary
ないと 【無いと】
  1. -Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)(after negative base of verb) have to (verb); must (verb) —word usually written using kana alone, abbreviation, colloquialism (see: ないと行けない・1)
  2. is indispensable; absolutely necessary (see: ないと行けない・2)
ないよりまし 【無いより増し】
  1. -Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)It's better than nothing —idiomatic expression