Meanings
Adjective (い)
Usually written in kana
1. nonexistent; not being (there)
2. unowned; not had; unpossessed
3. unique
4. not; impossible; won't happen
as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility
Aux. adjective
5. not
after the ren'youkei form of an adjective
6. to not be; to have not
after the -te form of a verb
Kanji used
nothing
Pitch accent
Top 1500
Used in vocabulary (305 in total)
is not; am not; are not
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
Examples (67 in total)
I meant no harm.
I have no name yet.
I don't have classes today.
This wasn't cheap, was it?
They had no food.
I have no homework today.
If it were not for water, we couldn't live.
I had no time to eat.
We didn't want to go, but we had to.
I had no feeling in my fingers.
No, I've never been there.
It is of little value.
There's no need to see them off.
Is this why they are not popular?
He had few teeth.
She has no sense of duty.
Nothing is more important than health.
I don't have much desire for wealth.
He has no interest in politics.
There was no furniture in that room.
There were no railroads in Japan at that time.
Tom had no reason to be angry.
The rain shows no sign of stopping.
You don't have to take an examination.
Be quick! We haven't much time.
That has nothing to do with me.
I didn't have to study yesterday.
She didn't have any money, so she couldn't go with me.
We can do nothing about it.
He has no confidence in his words.
Without your help, I couldn't have done it.
Without your consent, nothing can be done about it.
Man has reason, animals do not.
The teacher scolded the student for no reason.
There is no doubt whatever about it.
I still don't have confidence in English.
The flowers were dying without water.
If it were not for water, human life would be impossible.
A lot of wild animals died for lack of food.
I have no money to buy the dictionary.
Without an air conditioner, people nowadays cannot live.
The driver does not have responsibility for the traffic accident.
Without the Sun, we could not live on the Earth.
They haven't heard from him in a long time.
There were no radios in those times.
Unfortunately, I don't have any money with me now.
For one thing, I don't have any money. For another, I don't have the time.
I've never heard of such a story before.
I didn't have the courage to tell her the truth.
She seems to have no interest in soccer.
If it weren't for our friendship I would be miserable.
He had no intention of waiting for three hours.
There is no doubt as to her innocence.
America likes to claim that it is a "classless" society.
This year there were few rainy days in August.
A book not worth reading is not worth buying in the first place.
Her composition had no grammatical errors at all.
It follows from this that the company is not responsible for the accident.
There is nothing on earth that is not affected by the sun.
It's not that I dislike reading; it's just that I have no time.
If it had not been for your aid, I would not have succeeded in my business.
We didn't mean to leave Mary out of the plan.
If it were not for electricity, our civilized life would be impossible.
There is no rose without thorns.
She's worried since she hasn't heard from her son for many months.
If there was no air, man could not live for even ten minutes.
The vehicles are inspected for defects at least every three months.