ことがない
Meanings
Adjective (い)
Expression
Usually written in kana
1. (something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened
after the past tense form of a verb
I have never done such a thing before.
2. never happens; there is never a time when
No matter how long I look at it, I never get tired of it.
Top 1200
Composed of
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
Examples (164 in total)
There was nothing else to do.
I had never seen it.
I've never been to America.
I've never drunk wine.
I've never played soccer before.
I've never been to Australia.
I have never played an online game.
I've never been to Oslo.
I never saw such a woman.
I have nothing to do now.
We don't have anything to do.
I've never heard of such a monster.
I never heard him sing.
I've never won anything.
I'm bored and I have nothing to do.
I have never gotten seasick on a boat.
Ken has never visited Kyoto.
He has not been to France.
I've never fallen in love with a girl.
I've never seen a red refrigerator.
I've never seen a pink refrigerator.
I've never flown in an airplane.
She has never gone abroad.
I've never been abroad before.
I've never been to Europe.
You've never been to Paris, have you?
Ken has never been to New York.
Mary has never been asked out on a date.
Father has never gotten sick in his life.
I haven't had a cold recently.
I have nothing particular to do now.
I have never been to Hiroshima.
Tom has never seen a giraffe.
I have never been to the U.S.
I've never been to Hokkaido.
You've never been to Europe, have you?
I've never been beyond Okayama.
Yuko has never spoken with a foreigner.
"You've seriously never eaten a taco?" "Seriously."
He is proud of not having consulted a doctor.
I've never eaten horse meat.
Tom has never eaten raw horse meat.
I've never eaten raw fish.
Nobody has ever done that.
He had nothing to say, so he left.
Since I'd never seen him before, I didn't recognize him.
I don't believe I've heard that name.
She had nothing to do yesterday.
I have never been to that town.
I've never seen such a beautiful flower.
I've been to neither of those places.
Never have I seen such a beautiful picture.
I've never heard of such a strange story.
It almost never rains here.
We've never met your older sister.
I've never been sick since I was a child.
I have not seen such beautiful flowers.
Never in my life have I seen such a terrible accident.
Never have I read such an interesting story.
No matter how much I cry, the tears never run out.
I've never been absent from school.
I've never seen a real cow.
Yes, I had never seen a blue sky.
I am ashamed of myself for never having thought about it at all.
I had never seen so much money.
I've never seen a pearl of such magnitude!
He has never been to Okinawa before.
Do you mean that you've never seen a panda?
Never have I seen such a beautiful sunset.
She is rarely late for appointments.
I have never been to Kyushu.
Never have I seen such a peaceful scene.
You've never seen a genuine diamond.
I've never seen such a giant watermelon!
I've never seen a whale that big.
I've never seen him wearing jeans.
None of us have been to Hawaii.
Since joining the company, I haven't taken a single day off.
I've never seen Tom help his father.
Are you telling me you've never studied French?
Tom had never used a washing machine before.
Robert has not yet been late for a meeting.
I've never seen such a wonderful sunset.
Emi has never written a letter.
I have never climbed Mt. Fuji.
I've never heard her speak ill of others.
I've never seen this sort of bird.
Never did I see such a fool.
I believe that she has never told a lie.
Never have I seen such a thing.
I've never heard such a story all my life.
Nancy had never seen a giant panda before.
He hasn't actually eaten caviar.
No one ever saw such a thing.
I have not been to New Zealand.
The Chicago Cubs have not won the World Series since 1908.
I've never eaten Chinese food before.
I never gave you my name.
He had never seen such a bad boy.
I have only seen it once until now.
Since I'd never met her before, I didn't know her.
I have never been inside this classroom.
It seems like he had never met his father before.
I have never heard her say 'No'.
Having nothing to do, I watched television.
Never have I seen a more beautiful sight than this.
She has never visited him.
I have not been sick for the past ten years.
No matter how long I look at it, I never get tired of it.
Never have I dreamed such a strange dream.
It is a goal, but I have never been able to achieve it even once.
She didn't think her dream would ever come true.
I've never heard you talk like that.
It is an outfit unlike any I have seen in recent anime.
He is proud of never having been late for school.
I've never met such a kind man.
I've never been to my grandfather's house.
I've never heard of this actor.
No one has seen the bird fly.
I've never heard English spoken so quickly.
The woman sitting in the chair does not move even slightly.
I had not seen a lion before I was ten years old.
I have never heard him speak ill of others.
The boy has never been to the zoo.
Is it true that you've never played poker before?
I had never seen a windmill until I visited the Netherlands.
Is it true that you've never had a serious illness?
Never in my life have I heard such a terrible story!
I have met neither of his sons.
I've never seen anyone do something like that before.
She replied she had never met the man before.
Never in my life have I heard such a thing.
He says he has never told a lie, which is a lie.
I'd like you to help me if you have nothing in particular to do.
The problem was that I had nothing to say to him.
Never have I heard such beautiful music.
That wonderful silver hair—I have never seen anything like it.
She replied that she had never seen the man before.
The person who wrote this book has never been to Russia.
I've never come across such a strange case.
I had never come to school in my own clothes before.
I have never come across such a stubborn person.
Her chin doesn't come up, and her arm swing never weakens.
Never have I seen such a crowd of people.
I have never heard Roy sing a song in public.
And I had never listened to his records.
I'm proud to think that I have never yet been late to school.
Never have I seen such a smart child.
The couple parted, never to meet again.
He has never studied Japanese, so he can't even write hiragana.
Is it true that Tom has never been to Boston?
I have never seen a rugby match as exciting as yesterday's match.
I had never seen a giraffe till I visited the zoo.
Tracy had never used chopsticks before then.
I'd never seen such a beautiful building before.
I had never seen that kind of fish until then.
I had never seen him so completely bewildered as he was on that day.
Out of twenty students, only one had read the book.
Never have I seen such a beautiful scene.
Never have I seen such a peaceful sight.
I had never seen such an exciting rugby match as one I saw yesterday.
I've never come across a man who talks so passionately about something with so little substance.
I haven't seen any of my old classmates since I graduated 15 years ago.
After all, they are people who grew up in Africa, where they have never seen snow.