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JLPT N2 Grammar

ぬ

N2Negation

N2 · Negation · nai-form verb去ない + ぬ / する → せぬ

not; without

nai-form verb去ない + ぬ / する → せぬ

A written or old-fashioned negative form equivalent to ない.

Common in fixed expressions, written language, titles, and sayings, such as 知らぬ and 思わぬ.

思わぬところで、昔の先生に再会した。

I unexpectedly met my former teacher again in an unexpected place.

Do not casually replace ない with it in ordinary speech; it sounds old-fashioned or written.

A written-style shadow of negative ない.

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