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This paper observes carefully about variety usages of negative sentences in Japanese. Many features and functions can ba found;At first, this text takes a look at characteristics of a negative sentence added a particles. As a result, a negative sentence added ｢wa｣includes a positive premise and also could be interpreted as a confrontational meaning of a surface meaning. Moreover, a negative sentence with ｢mo｣ and ｢sae｣ is accompanied with a negative premise. It also means a surface mean and a point of the negative would be contrasted in a same level. The negative sentence is used to express regrets or disappointment not agreed with an expectation rather than expressing the surface mean. Secondly, how characteristics of ｢-siwasinai｣ is related with a whole structure of Kawabata Yasunari’s novel, ｢Amagasa｣ by examining an expression ｢-nurewasinaiga｣. There would be some risk of this study without more organized study of the novel. However, this study could be meaningful examining a negative sentence to everyday life. For a further study, a negative sentence, a negative vocabulary and a negative sentence in a literature would be examined with the more corporative perspective.