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いいえ, or iie. "No" is written in hiragana, one of the three Japanese alphabets, apposed to kanji or katakana.
いや - iya なし - nashi

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While "iya" is technically a way of saying no, it's more of an exclamatory, distressed, or very adamant "no", and not something you'd say for a regular no. "Nashi" isn't "no", but rather "none".

In everyday use, no would be either:

"iie" (いいえ ) (EE-yeh) or "dame" (ダメ) (DAH-meh). If you are talking to a friend or a family member, or someone close, you will say (NNNN) ううん, but don't write うん because that will mean yes.

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