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(nu) meaning in japanese

💡Meaning

Not (classical negative)

📝Usage

Verb[stem] + ぬ (ん)

📚Examples

1

何も知らぬふりをした。

⚠️Notes

A classical negative suffix, equivalent to 「ない」. It survives in some set expressions and formal writing. (e.g., 思わぬ結果 (unexpected result), 知らぬが仏 (ignorance is bliss).)