ぞっとしない

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Japanese

Etymology

From ぞっと (“fear, disgust”) +‎ しない, the negative form of する (“do”).[1] Compare ぞっとする (“shudder from fear, be disgusted”).

Adjective

ぞっとしない • (zottoshinai) -i (adverbial ぞっとしなく (zottoshinaku))

  1. unappealing, not desirable, unimpressive
    馬(ば)肉(にく)を食(た)べるってぞっとしない。
    Baniku o taberu tte zottoshinai.
    I have no desire to eat horse meat.

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References

  1. ^ Yoshiro Kojima, Shigeru Takebayashi, Keisuke Nakao, and Hideo Masuda, editors (2005), Luminous Japanese-English Dictionary, second edition, Kenkyusha
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