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亡い

ない
[nai]
LiteraryRarely used in modern Japanese

Rarely used in modern Japanese. Common alternatives: ない (not exist) / 亡くなる (to pass away).

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Meanings

1.Adj-i

dead

Examples

祖父はもう亡くった。

My grandfather has already passed away.

父が亡かったのは十年前のことだ。

It was ten years ago that my father passed away.

祖父はまだ亡くないと皆が信じていた。

Everyone believed that our grandfather was not yet dead.