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Saw this in my textbook. The translation is "to preserve food from decay". I
get it, but I am not clear about the ず after 腐らせる. Where is it coming from?
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translation conjugations auxiliary-ず
Translation for 食べ物を腐らせずに保存する
-zu is a negative particle. It is equivalent to the negative -nai. kusarasezu ni means "without letting [it, the food] rot".
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ず is actually a 助動詞 to make a verb negative. It originates in classical
Japanese. In earlier times, 知らず was written as 不知 (same as in classical
Chinese) literally, not+know.

Frequently used is 残らず、知らず、せず（する）
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