| Term | Definition |
|---|
| グローバルな時代に自国のことだけを考えるわけにはいかぬ。 | In the global age we cannot think of our own country alone. |
| 知らぬことを知らぬと言うには勇気が要る。 | When you don't know something, it takes courage to admit it. |
| 知らぬ | s.o. doesn't know s.o./s.t. |
| 知らぬ人 | a person whom s.o. doesn't know or so.o. who doesn't know s.t. |
| 知らぬらしい | it appears that s.o. doesn't know s.o./s.t. |
| せぬ | does not do s.t. |
| おらぬ | s.o. does not exist |
| 彼は何を聞いても、知らぬとしか答えぬ。 | No matter what I ask, he answers only that he does not know. |
| その日本人は英語が分からぬようだった。 | That Japanese did not seem to understand English. |
| 最近は滅多に酒を飲まぬが、若い頃はよく飲んだものだ。 | I seldom drink these days, but I used to drink a lot when I was young. |
| 日本語が話せる者はこの辺にはおらぬ。 | In this area there are not people who can speak Japanese. |
| 転ばぬ先の杖。 | Prevention is better than cure. |
| 知らぬが仏。 | Ignorance is bliss. |
| 言わぬが花。 | Better leave it unsaid. |
| この本は面白くない。 | This book isn't interesting. |
| 朝ご飯を食べないで／ずに学校へ行った。 | I went to school without eating breakfast. |
| 昼ご飯を食べずに仕事をした。 | I worked without eating my lunch. |
| 今日は風邪ぎみで、会社にも行かず、家で寝ていた。 | I felt a cold coming on today, so I stayed in bed at home without going to work. |
| そうは思わぬ。 | I don't think so. |
| 知らぬことを知っていると言ってはいけない。 | You shouldn't say you know what you don't know. |
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