No
"No" in Japanese
ありません
arimasen
(not any)
ない
nai
(not any)
無い
nai
(not any)
駄目
dame
(used to show an activity is forbidden)
しない
shinai
(a negating expression)
ません
masen
(a negating expression)
いいえ
iie
(used to show disagreement or negation)
いえ
ie
(used to show disagreement or negation)
いや
iya
(used to show disagreement or negation)
ううん
u'un
(used to show disagreement or negation)
うん
un
(used to show agreement with a negative question (in some languages this response is the usual word for "yes"))
はい
hai
(used to show agreement with a negative question (in some languages this response is the usual word for "yes"))
違う
chigau
(used to show disagreement or negation)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.