非ず

Japanese

Kanji in this term
非
あら Grade: 5

Conjunction

非(あら)ず • (arazu) 

1. (に～) not
   • 1888, (deprecated template usage) 森鷗外(deprecated template usage) 『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)ずしも厭嫌(えんけん)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, (deprecated template usage) 富井政章(deprecated template usage) 『民法原論』

     負担(ふたん)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)困難(こんなん)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(あら)ず • (arazu) 

1. never mind