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level questions: Inaction

Question	Answer
Express “without doing” using	「ないで」
Using 「ないで」 to express “without doing”	Append 「で」 to the negative form of the verb
Without eating	食べないで
はら·う - to pay	払う
Without paying	払わないで
Without doing	しないで
は - tooth	歯
みが·く - to brush (e.g. teeth)	磨く
Are (you) going to sleep without brushing (your) teeth?	歯を磨かないで寝ちゃうの？
て·すう·りょう - handling charge; commission	手数料
す·む - to finish	済む
ほう·ほう - method	方法
Is there (a) method where (it) can be done without paying (the) handling charge?	手数料を払わないで済む方法はありますか。
(I) wonder what that person is doing every day, without even working?	あの人は、仕事もしないで毎日何をしてるのかな？
Can you not eat that? lit: Can you give (me the favor) without eating that?	それを食べないでくれる？
Please don’t eat that. lit: Please give (me the favor) without eating that.	それを食べないで（ください）。
Went out without eating anything.	何も食べないで出かけた。
Express “without doing” using (formal contexts)	「ずに」
Express “without doing” with 「ずに」: For ru-verbs	Replace the last 「る」 with 「ず」
Express “without doing” with 「ずに」: For u-verbs that end in 「う」	Replace 「う」 with 「わ」 and attach 「ず」
Express “without doing” with 「ずに」: For all other u-verbs	Replace the u-vowel sound with the a-vowel equivalent and attach 「ず」
without eating	食べず
without buying	買わず
without existing	あらず
without doing	せず
without coming	こず
しつ·れい - impoliteness	失礼
To think (he) went home without saying anything, (it’s) rude, isn’t it?	何も言わずに帰っちゃうなんて、失礼ね。
Is there (a) way to get by without paying (the) processing fee?	手数料を払わずに済む方法はありますか。
(I) can’t help but check (my) email again and again in (a) day. lit: (I) can’t exist without checking email numerous times in (a) day.	一日に何回もメールをチェックせずにはいられない。
used to express leaving something as is without making any changes	「まま」
Is it fine just like this?	このままでいいですか。
What happens if (you) sleep with contacts left on?	コンタクトをつけたまま寝たらどうなるの？
ゆみこ (name)	由美子
Yumiko-chan, (you’re) fine like that (just the way you are).	由美子ちゃんはそのままでいいよ。