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ぬ

ぬnuN3literary

savor + does not — the classical negative ending

ajiwawa nu

does not — the classical negative ending

meaning: do not savor

Same meaningRelated

  • 味あじわう
  • 〜ぬ
  • 味あじわわぬ

我々われわれはいかなる圧力あつりょくにも味あじわわぬ。

wareware wa ikanaru atsuryoku ni mo ajiwawa nu.

We do not savor to pressure of any kind. neutral

味あじわわぬところで古ふるい友人ゆうじんに会あうことがある。

ajiwawa nu tokoro de furui yuujin ni au koto ga aru.

You sometimes run into an old friend in a place you do not savor. neutral

Same meaning4

classical negative (ぬ・ず・ざる)

All examples4

does not — the old-fashioned negative, replacing ない in writing or speeches

  1. 我々われわれはいかなる圧力あつりょくにも屈くっせぬ。

    wareware wa ikanaru atsuryoku ni mo kusse nu.

    We do not yield to pressure of any kind. neutral

  2. あいつのことなんか知しらん。

    aitsu no koto nanka shiran.

    I don't know a thing about that guy. casual

〜ぬ before a noun — used in fixed phrases and set expressions

  1. 思おもわぬところで古ふるい友人ゆうじんに会あうことがある。

    omowa nu tokoro de furui yuujin ni au koto ga aru.

    You sometimes run into an old friend in a place you do not expect. neutral

  2. 変かわらぬご愛顧あいこを賜たまわり、心こころより御礼おれい申もうし上あげます。

    kawara nu go aiko o tamawari, kokoro yori orei moushiagemasu.

    We thank you most sincerely for your patronage, which does not change. formal

How it's formed1

All forms1

  • んncontraction

    味あじわわん

    ぬ→ん in speech — 知しらん、行いかん. Blunt and masculine in Tokyo speech, the unmarked negative in Kansai and much of western Japan.

Notes

する becomes せぬ, never しぬ; ある becomes あらぬ. There's no past tense; the past uses 知しらなかった instead.