できない

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
出来ない

Etymology

でき (deki-) +‎ ない (-nai)

Pronunciation

Verb

できない • (dekinai) 

  1. negative of できる (dekiru)
    1. incapable, impossible
      私(わたし)にこの傷(きず)を消(け)すことはできない。
      Watashi ni kono kizu o kesu koto wa dekinai.
      I am incapable of erasing this wound.
    2. incompetent
      できない社(しゃ)員(いん)
      dekinai shain
      an incompetent clerk
    3. ineligible
      65(ろくじゅうご)歳(さい)未(み)満(まん)の者(もの)は年(ねん)金(きん)をもらうことができない。
      Rokujūgo-sai miman no mono wa nenkin o morau koto ga dekinai.
      People under sixty-five are ineligible to receive a pension.

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