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〜ないほうがいい: Japanese grammar explained

~nai hou ga ii — Negative advice ("you'd better not…").

Structure

Verb(nai)+ほうがいい

Examples

  • たばこを吸わないほうがいいです。

    たばこをすわないほうがいいです。

    You'd better not smoke.

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