いけない
N3 ikenai
- must not do
- bad
- wrong
- not good
expressionい-adjective
Chinese meanings
不行;不好;不可以
Examples
- 友人は助け合わなければいけない。Friends should help one another.朋友之间必须互相帮助。
- 歩きながら本を読んではいけない。Do not read while walking.不可以边走边看书。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('140d8ab306'); // いけない
{
"id": "140d8ab306",
"word": "いけない",
"reading": "いけない",
"romaji": "ikenai",
"meanings": [
"must not do",
"bad",
"wrong",
"not good"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"exp",
"adj-i"
],
"jmdict_id": 1000730,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "友人は助け合わなければいけない。",
"furigana": "{友人|ゆうじん}は{助|たす}け{合|あ}わなければいけない。",
"en": "Friends should help one another.",
"tatoeba_id": 79353
},
{
"ja": "歩きながら本を読んではいけない。",
"furigana": "{歩|ある}きながら{本|ほん}を{読|よ}んではいけない。",
"en": "Do not read while walking.",
"tatoeba_id": 83212
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "4aa1f610420a3b10e760a7b3e527f54ffc9233b742ce0d95fde93d08ebc7b0ac",
"meanings": [
"不行",
"不好",
"不可以"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "友人は助け合わなければいけない。",
"zh": "朋友之间必须互相帮助。"
},
{
"ja": "歩きながら本を読んではいけない。",
"zh": "不可以边走边看书。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/140d8ab306",
"JMdict_e.gz, ent_seq 1000730",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "5565a6a213d0ebe357e6d46cd6a5f6a400897518e2db58eb41aee8f8c2b32ea3"
}
}