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My question is from this sentence. It is from the "Easy Japanese" YouTube
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> 秋雨や我がすげみのはまだ濡らさじ

Why "nurasaji"? I would understand "mada nurasanai" - not yet wet - but why
"ji"?
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verbs conjugations auxiliary-ず
"ji" ending on verb "nai" stem?
じ is an archaic auxiliary, similar to まい describing negative volition.

<http://www.hello-school.net/haroajapa009021.htm>

So it's まだ濡らすまい or まだ濡らさないようにしよう in modern Japanese.
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