N3 — outside your level filter

write + let's + won't do

kakou to shinai

won't do; refuses to even try — the absence of an act blamed on the subject's will

meaning: won't write

うちの野菜やさい食べたべようとしないんだよね。

uchi no ko, yasai o tabeyou to shinai n da yo ne.

Our kid just won't eat vegetables. casual

何度なんど説明せつめいしても、かれ自分じぶんみとめようとしなかった。

nando setsumei shite mo, kare wa jibun no hi o mitomeyou to shinakatta.

However often I explained, he would not admit he was in the wrong. neutral

(よ)うとしない

(よ)うとしないyou to shinaiN3neutral

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