じゃない
Meanings
- is not
- isn't
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Explanation
じゃない is the informal negative form of the copula だ. It negates statements about what something is. Use it after nouns and na-adjectives (where the noun/na-adjective is the thing being described). It is the casual counterpart to ではない. Do not use じゃない with i-adjectives; for those, use くない or くありません in polite form. Common in everyday speech for simple negation and when not using polite form.
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Example sentences
He is not a student.
This is not a book.
That person isn’t a teacher.
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