得ない

Japanese

Kanji in this term
得
Grade: 4

Etymology

negative of 得る

Suffix

得ない (hiragana えない, rōmaji -enai)

  1. cannot

Usage notes

This suffix attaches to the -masu stem of a verb, and forms -i adjectives.

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