ことがな
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
2. never happens; there is never a time when
Top 1100
Composed of
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
Examples (152 in total)
I'd never done it before.
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.
We don't have anything to do.
I've never heard of such a thing.
I have nothing to do now.
I've never heard of such a monster.
I never heard him sing.
I've never seen this movie before.
I'm bored and I have nothing to do.
He has not been to France.
I've never seen a red refrigerator.
I've never flown in an airplane.
I've never seen a pink refrigerator.
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.
Never have I seen such a thing.
I've never been beyond Okayama.
You've never been to Europe, have you?
Yuko has never spoken with a foreigner.
"You've seriously never eaten a taco?" "Seriously."
He is proud of not having consulted a doctor.
Tom has never eaten raw horse meat.
I've never eaten 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've never heard of him.
I don't believe I've heard that name.
She had nothing to do yesterday.
She was restless because she did not have anything to do.
I have never been to that town.
I've never seen such a beautiful flower.
Never have I heard so terrible a story.
I've been to neither of those places.
Never have I seen such a beautiful picture.
I've never heard of that city.
I have not seen such beautiful flowers.
I've never been sick since I was a child.
It almost never rains here.
I've never heard of such a strange story.
Never in my life have I seen such a terrible accident.
I've never been there before.
Never have I read such an interesting story.
I've never seen a real cow.
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?
She had never seen New York before.
Never have I seen such a beautiful sunset.
She is rarely late for appointments.
Never have I seen such a peaceful scene.
None of us have been to Hawaii.
You've never seen a genuine diamond.
I've never seen him wearing jeans.
I've never seen a whale that big.
Are you telling me you've never studied French?
Emi has never written a letter.
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.
I've never heard her speak ill of others.
Never did I see such a fool.
I believe that she has never told a lie.
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 never heard of him since then.
I've never eaten Chinese food before.
I never gave you my name.
He had never seen such a bad boy.
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'.
I have seen neither of his works.
Having nothing to do, I watched television.
Never have I seen a more beautiful sight than this.
She has never visited him.
Never have I dreamed such a strange dream.
She didn't think her dream would ever come true.
I've never heard you talk like that.
I've never met such a kind man.
No one has seen the bird fly.
I've never heard English spoken so quickly.
I have never heard him speak ill of others.
The boy has never been to the zoo.
I've never seen a yellow submarine in my life.
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.
As far as I know, he has never come on time.
She replied she had never met the man before.
He says he has never told a lie, which is a lie.
Never in my life have I heard such a thing.
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.
I am proud of never being late for school.
I've never come across such a strange case.
I have never come across such a stubborn person.
Never have I seen such a crowd of people.
And I had never listened to his records.
I have never heard Roy sing a song in public.
I've never heard him complaining about his meals.
I'm proud to think that I have never yet been late to school.
I've never given anyone a Hermes scarf.
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 him so completely bewildered as he was on that day.
Never have I seen such a peaceful sight.
I had never seen such an exciting rugby match as one I saw yesterday.
Ken has never visited Kyoto.
I've never seen Tom help his father.
The Chicago Cubs have not won the World Series since 1908.
I have not been sick for the past ten years.
I've never been to my grandfather's house.
I had not seen a lion before I was ten years old.
Never have I heard such beautiful music.
I had never seen that kind of fish before.
I had never seen that kind of fish until then.
Out of twenty students, only one had read the book.
Never have I seen such a beautiful scene.
I haven't seen any of my old classmates since I graduated 15 years ago.