ノー

Japanese

Alternative forms

(uncommon) ノオ (nō)

Etymology

Borrowed from English no.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ノー [nóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [no̞ː]

Interjection

ノー • (nō)

no (that is untrue)
- 1985, 村上春樹<t:Murakami Haruki>, 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド [Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World], volume 上, →ISBN, page 17:
  
  答(こたえ)はもちろんノオだった。
  Kotae wa mochiron nō datta.
  The answer was, of course, no.
no (I do not accept or allow that)

Synonyms

(that is untrue): いいえ (īe), いや (iya)
(I do not accept or allow that): だめ (dame)

Antonyms

イエス (iesu)

Noun

ノー • (nō)

a no, a denial
a lack of something (often found in compounds)

Synonyms

否(ひ)定(てい) (hitei), 拒(きょ)否(ひ) (kyohi)

Antonyms

イエス (iesu)

Prefix

ノー • (nō-)

without

Derived terms

ノーカット (nōkatto, “being uncut”)
ノーパン (nōpan, “going commando”)
ノーブラ (nōbura, “bralessness”)

See also

なし (nashi)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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