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ないで
naide
JLPT N4
Edit  sw
Meaning
without
"I went to school without eating breakfast."
Edit  sw
Formation
Verb nai form
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Phrases
あさごはんをたべないでがっこうへいった。
I went to school without eating breakfast.
Edit  #6426 sw
はらわないでさる
leave without paying
Edit  #6427 sw
しゅくだいをしないで、がっこうへいった。
I went to school without doing my homework.
Edit  #8666 反戦
かれはしなないでうめられた。
He was buried alive.
Edit  #8815 貴博
Discussion and comments
Formation:

negV + で
sw
this is also a connective negative:

行かないでください - dont go, please
払わないで欲しい - i dont want you to pay
dc
送らないでください。
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Very great dictionary,
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