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いけない

Meanings

  1. 1.
    exp, adj-ibad; wrong; naughty
  2. 2.
    exp, adj-imust not (do, be); should not; ought not to
  3. 3.
    exp, adj-iuseless; no good; bad
  4. 4.
    exp, adj-ihopeless; beyond hope
  5. 5.
    exp, adj-iunfortunate; a shame; a pity
  6. 6.
    exp, adj-iunable to drink (alcohol)
  7. 7.
    exp, adj-iso as not to ...; so that ... (won't); in case ...; for fear that ...; lest ...

Example sentences

このフロッピーをフォーマットしてはいけません。

You mustn't format this floppy disk.

彼本人は好人物なんだが、その取り巻きがどうもいけないね。

I really like him, but not his circle of friends.

「風邪気味です」「それはいけませんね」

"I've a touch of a cold." "That's too bad."

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wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

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