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無しに (なしに) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

なしに

Meanings

1

expression

usually written using kana alone

Used as a phrase meaning 'without doing something' or 'without something'. Follows a noun or the dictionary form of a verb.

彼かれは朝あさごはん無なしに学がっ校こうに行いった。
He went to school without breakfast.
許きょ可かなしに入はいってはいけません。
You must not enter without permission.

Kanji

無nothingness, none, ain't

Similar words

なしで
なしで is more colloquial and often used with nouns, while なしに can sound slightly more formal or literary.
ずに
ずに attaches to the negative stem of verbs and means 'without doing', similar to なしに but used only with verbs.

Etymology

From the noun 無し (nashi, 'nothing, without') + particle に (ni).