非ず

Japanese

Kanji in this term
非
あら Grade: 5

Conjunction

非ず (hiragana あらず, rōmaji arazu)

(に～) not
- 1888, 森鷗外『獨逸日記』
  味 (あじ)は甚 (はなは)だ美 (び)ならず。然 (しか)れども必 (かなら)ずしも厭 (えん)嫌 (けん)す可 (べ)きに非 (あら)ず。
  Aji wa hanahada bi-narazu. Shikaredo-mo kanarazushimo enken-su-beki ni arazu.
  The flavor is not very good. However, it is not necessarily [something] that should be detested.
- 1922, 富井政章『民法原論』
  負 (ふ)担 (たん)と条件 (でうけん)とを識別 (しきべつ)することは実際 (じつさい)困 (こん)難 (なん)なる場 (ば)合 (あひ)なきに非 (あら)ず。
  Futan to jōken to o shikibetsu-suru koto wa jissai konnan-naru baai naki ni arazu.
  Distinguishing responsibility and conditions is, in reality, not without difficult cases.

See also

ではない (de wa nai)

Interjection

非ず (hiragana あらず, rōmaji arazu)

never mind

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