also: ん
auxiliary verb
Classical negative auxiliary equivalent to modern ない. Attaches to the -nai stem of verbs (and せ～ for サ変). ん is a contracted form. Used in literary, archaic, or dialectal contexts; not productive in standard modern Japanese.
See also: ない
風が吹かぬ日はない。
There is no day when the wind does not blow.
そんなことは知らん。
I don't know such a thing.
He does not know the truth.
彼は困っている人を見て見ぬふりをした。
He pretended not to notice the person in trouble.
Standard hiragana form of the classical negative auxiliary.
Contracted form common in speech and informal writing.
Classical Japanese negative auxiliary. The form ん is a contraction of ぬ, common in colloquial and dialectal speech.