Hanamaruhanamaru

Say what something isn't

じゃありません is the polite negative of です — "is not" instead of "is".

JLPTN5
Noun/Adjective + じゃありません

Swap です for じゃありません at the end of an X Y sentence to say "X is not Y." Nothing else in the sentence changes — same topic marker , same word order, just the ending flips from affirmative to negative.

Tips and Common Traps

Maru· Common trap

じゃありません is what you say out loud. ではありません is the same thing in writing and in formal speech.