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夕飯を食べずに寝てしまった。
I fell asleep without eating dinner.
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先生は、生徒の意見を聞かずに一人で決めました。
The teacher decided by herself, without listening to the students' opinions.
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お父さん、今朝着替えずに仕事に行ってしまった
My father went to work this morning without changing his clothes!
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朝ご飯を食べずに学校に行った。
I went to school without eating breakfast.
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私は間違わずに英語を話せない。
I cannot speak English without making some mistakes.
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学生は何も言わずに行ってしまった。
The student left without saying anything.
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ノックをせずに私の部屋に入ってくるな。
Don't come into my room without knocking.
15点
卵を割らずにオムレツは作れない。
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
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電気は消さずに行ってください。
Please go without turning out the lights.
Getting the sentences
Construction
(Elements in parentheses are optional.)
Dict. Form
Conjugated
あげる
あげず
おす
おさず
かう
かわず
かく
かかず
くる
こず
しぬ
しなず
Dict. Form
Conjugated
とる
とらず
もつ
もたず
よぶ
よばず
よむ
よまず
いそぐ
いそがず
する
せず
Basic Examples:
帰らずに (without going home)
Where this grammar is found
User notes
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A variant of this grammar is to use it with adjective.
"Event B (adjective) happens/exists without event A"
姉は 化粧を せずに きれいなんだ。
My sister is beautiful without putting make-up.
the も particle, ~さえ, ~でも, and the likes could be used as an emphasis.
…化粧を せずに も きれいだ。
...is beautiful even without putting make-up.
"Event B (adjective) happens/exists without event A"
姉は 化粧を せずに きれいなんだ。
My sister is beautiful without putting make-up.
the も particle, ~さえ, ~でも, and the likes could be used as an emphasis.
…化粧を せずに も きれいだ。
...is beautiful even without putting make-up.
7 years ago

6点
although this could be said to be more classical grammar, it is not as old as ぬ.
where as ずに is mainly used in writing it can be used in spoken, where as ぬ is almost entirely only used within writing.
where as ずに is mainly used in writing it can be used in spoken, where as ぬ is almost entirely only used within writing.
10 years ago
shirothekiller
- Level 1
13点
Because this is grammar from classical Japanese, it is used mainly in writing.
11 years ago

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Years Studied: Too many
Studying: Intermediate Japanese Revised (Plus anything I find)
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Level: 109, 好 : 6,621
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