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Help Please: Translate English "don't" to kanji

gustavofring

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Hello,

I have been searching the internet and been trying to figure this out a while, came across this site and figured someone here might be able to assist me. Main thing I need is to translate the phrase "Don't Jump" into kanji characters. I know how to write jump in kanji and have an idea of what katakana characters could be used in place of don't but if its possible for this whole phrase to be written kanji I'd much rather that! "Do Not Jump" or "Not To Jump" would both work fine.

If anyone can confirm for me the correct way to pronounce the Japanese word for "jump" that'd be great too. I've seen it romanized as tobu and tobe.

Thanks in advance!
 
There's no kanji for "don't" - Japanese language is not all kanji, it's a mixture of kanji and kana (hiragana/katakana).
For verbs there are kanji but the conjugate part is always in kana.
"To Jump" is 飛ぶ (tobu) or 跳ねる (haneru), depending on the context.
"Don't jump" using 飛ぶ, for instance, can be
飛ぶな
飛ばないで
飛んではいけません
etc., again, depending on the context and situation (who is saying to whom).

If you want something all in kanji, you should try Chinese, not Japanese.
 
If you want to use only kanji, a classical expression 勿跳[Tobu nakare / Tobu koto nakare] can be an option. This is more likely Chinese, as undrentide-san wrote, though.

I've seen it romanized as tobu and tobe.
"Tobu" is the so-called dictionary form, whereas "tobe" is the imperative form.
 
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