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Simple Dictionary Definition |
迦葉佛 迦叶佛 see styles |
jiā yè fó jia1 ye4 fo2 chia yeh fo Kashō butsu |
Buddha Kassapa (Pāli) or Kāśyapa (Skt) (one of the Buddhas of the past) Kāśyapa Buddha |
這幾天 这几天 see styles |
zhè jǐ tiān zhe4 ji3 tian1 che chi t`ien che chi tien |
the past few days |
過去世 过去世 see styles |
guō qù shì guo1 qu4 shi4 kuo ch`ü shih kuo chü shih kakoze かこぜ |
{Buddh} (See 前世・ぜんせ) one's previous life The past, past time, past world or age. |
那會兒 那会儿 see styles |
nà huì r na4 hui4 r5 na hui r |
at that time (in the past or the future); also pr. [nei4 hui4 r5] |
醧忘臺 醧忘台 see styles |
yù wàng tái yu4 wang4 tai2 yü wang t`ai yü wang tai yobō dai |
The terrace of the potation of forgetfulness, e.g. the waters of Lethe. Also the birds, animals, fish, and creeping things about to be reincarnated as human beings are taken to this terrace and given the drink which produces oblivion of the past. |
顧みる see styles |
kaerimiru かえりみる |
(transitive verb) (1) to look back (e.g. over shoulder or at the past); to turn around; (2) to reflect on the past; to reconsider; to review; (3) to reflect on oneself; to introspect; to contemplate oneself; (4) to consider (usu. used in negative); to concern oneself about; to pay attention to; to take into consideration |
黃鶴樓 黄鹤楼 see styles |
huáng hè lóu huang2 he4 lou2 huang ho lou |
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985; favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes; Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢[Cui1 Hao4], with theme 'the past will never return'; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi |
一如既往 see styles |
yī rú jì wǎng yi1 ru2 ji4 wang3 i ju chi wang |
(idiom) just as in the past; as before; continuing as always |
一直以來 一直以来 see styles |
yī zhí yǐ lái yi1 zhi2 yi3 lai2 i chih i lai |
in the past always; for a long time now; until now |
三世假實 三世假实 see styles |
sān shì jiǎ shí san1 shi4 jia3 shi2 san shih chia shih sanze kejitsu |
The reality or otherwise of things or events past, present, and future. Some Hīnayāna schools admit the reality of the present but dispute the reality of the past 已有and the future 當有. Others take different views, all of which have been exhaustively discussed. See Vibhāśā śāstra 婆沙論 77 or 俱舍論 20. |
不知丁董 see styles |
bù zhī dīng dǒng bu4 zhi1 ding1 dong3 pu chih ting tung |
forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom); unheeding the lessons of the past |
事がある see styles |
kotogaaru / kotogaru ことがある |
(exp,v5r-i) (1) (kana only) (after the past tense form of a verb) (See 事がない・ことがない・1) (for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (exp,v5r-i) (2) (kana only) (See 事がない・ことがない・2) (for something) to happen on occasion |
事にする see styles |
kotonisuru ことにする |
(exp,vs-i) (1) (kana only) to decide to; (exp,vs-i) (2) (kana only) (after the past tense form of a verb) to pretend that; (exp,vs-i) (3) (kana only) (as 〜ことにしている) to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to |
事過境遷 事过境迁 see styles |
shì guò jìng qiān shi4 guo4 jing4 qian1 shih kuo ching ch`ien shih kuo ching chien |
The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom).; It is water under the bridge. |
今是昨非 see styles |
konzesakuhi こんぜさくひ |
(expression) (yoji) complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time); What appeared wrong in the past now appears right; realizing and regretting the past errors of one's ways |
借古喻今 see styles |
jiè gǔ yù jīn jie4 gu3 yu4 jin1 chieh ku yü chin |
to borrow the past as a model for the present |
借古諷今 借古讽今 see styles |
jiè gǔ fěng jīn jie4 gu3 feng3 jin1 chieh ku feng chin |
to use the past to disparage the present (idiom) |
六十二見 六十二见 see styles |
liù shí èr jiàn liu4 shi2 er4 jian4 liu shih erh chien rokujūni ken |
The sixty-two 見 or views, of which three groups are given: The 大品般若經 in the 佛母品 takes each of the five skandhas under four considerations of 常 time, considered as time past, whether each of the five has had permanence, impermanence, both, neither, 5 x 4 = 20; again as to their space, or extension, considered as present time, whether each is finite, infinite, both, neither =20; again as to their destination, i. e. future, as to whether each goes on, or does not, both, neither (e. g. continued personality) = 20, or in all 60; add the two ideas whether body and mind 神 are a unity or different = 62. The Tiantai School takes 我見, or personality, as its basis and considers each of the five skandhas under four aspects, e. g (1) rūpa, the organized body, as the ego; (2) the ego as apart from the rūpa; (3) rūpa as the greater, the ego the smaller or inferior, and the ego as dwelling in the rūpa; (4) the ego as the greater, rupa the inferior, and the rupa in the ego. Consider these twenty in the past, present, and future = 60, and add 斷 and 常 impermanence and permanence as fundamentals = 62. There is also a third group. |
厚古薄今 see styles |
hòu gǔ bó jīn hou4 gu3 bo2 jin1 hou ku po chin |
to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom) |
厚死薄生 see styles |
hòu sǐ bó shēng hou4 si3 bo2 sheng1 hou ssu po sheng |
lit. to praise the dead and revile the living; fig. to live in the past (idiom) |
回過頭來 回过头来 see styles |
huí guò tóu lái hui2 guo4 tou2 lai2 hui kuo t`ou lai hui kuo tou lai |
to turn one's head; to turn around; (fig.) to return (to a previous point); to come back (to what one was saying before); (fig.) to look back (in time); to reflect on the past |
將今論古 将今论古 see styles |
jiāng jīn lùn gǔ jiang1 jin1 lun4 gu3 chiang chin lun ku |
to observe the present to study the past |
往事如風 往事如风 see styles |
wǎng shì rú fēng wang3 shi4 ru2 feng1 wang shih ju feng |
the past is vanished like the wind; gone beyond recall |
往事已矣 see styles |
wǎng shì yǐ yǐ wang3 shi4 yi3 yi3 wang shih i i |
the past is dead (idiom) |
往事渺茫 see styles |
oujibyoubou / ojibyobo おうじびょうぼう |
(adj-t,adv-to) (archaism) (yoji) (See 往事茫々) memories of the past events (being, becoming) far and distant |
往事茫々 see styles |
oujiboubou / ojibobo おうじぼうぼう |
(adj-t,adv-to) (archaism) (yoji) memories of the past events (being, becoming) far and distant |
往事茫茫 see styles |
oujiboubou / ojibobo おうじぼうぼう |
(adj-t,adv-to) (archaism) (yoji) memories of the past events (being, becoming) far and distant |
心無所住 心无所住 see styles |
xīn wú suǒ zhù xin1 wu2 suo3 zhu4 hsin wu so chu shin mu shojū |
The mind without resting-place, i. e. detached from time and space, e. g. the past being past may be considered as a 'non-past' or non-existent, so with present and future, thus realizing their unreality. The result is detachment, or the liberated mind, which is the Buddha-mind, the bodhi-mind, 無生心 the mind free from ideas of creation and extinction, of beginning and end, recognizing that all forms and natures are of the Void, or Absolute. |
思前想後 思前想后 see styles |
sī qián xiǎng hòu si1 qian2 xiang3 hou4 ssu ch`ien hsiang hou ssu chien hsiang hou |
to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future; to ponder over reasons and connection |
懐古趣味 see styles |
kaikoshumi かいこしゅみ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) nostalgia for the good old days; taste for the past; retro tastes |
戀舊情結 恋旧情结 see styles |
liàn jiù qíng jié lian4 jiu4 qing2 jie2 lien chiu ch`ing chieh lien chiu ching chieh |
dwelling on the past; difficulty in adapting to changes |
承上起下 see styles |
chéng shàng qǐ xià cheng2 shang4 qi3 xia4 ch`eng shang ch`i hsia cheng shang chi hsia |
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition; forming a bridge between earlier and later stages |
承前啟後 承前启后 see styles |
chéng qián qǐ hòu cheng2 qian2 qi3 hou4 ch`eng ch`ien ch`i hou cheng chien chi hou |
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition; forming a bridge between earlier and later stages |
明日黃花 明日黄花 see styles |
míng rì huáng huā ming2 ri4 huang2 hua1 ming jih huang hua |
lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom); fig. outdated; thing of the past; dead letter |
時至今日 时至今日 see styles |
shí zhì jīn rì shi2 zhi4 jin1 ri4 shih chih chin jih |
(idiom) up to the present; even now; now (in contrast with the past); at this late hour |
温古知新 see styles |
onkochishin おんこちしん |
(yoji) developing new ideas based on study of the past; learning from the past |
繼往開來 继往开来 see styles |
jì wǎng kāi lái ji4 wang3 kai1 lai2 chi wang k`ai lai chi wang kai lai |
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition; forming a bridge between earlier and later stages |
翻老皇曆 翻老皇历 see styles |
fān lǎo huáng lì fan1 lao3 huang2 li4 fan lao huang li |
to look to the past for guidance (idiom) |
舊景重現 旧景重现 see styles |
jiù jǐng chóng xiàn jiu4 jing3 chong2 xian4 chiu ching ch`ung hsien chiu ching chung hsien |
evocation of the past |
觸景生情 触景生情 see styles |
chù jǐng shēng qíng chu4 jing3 sheng1 qing2 ch`u ching sheng ch`ing chu ching sheng ching |
scene which recalls past memories (idiom); evocative of the past; reminiscent; to arouse deep feelings |
読書尚友 see styles |
dokushoshouyuu / dokushoshoyu どくしょしょうゆう |
(expression) (yoji) (from Mencius) by reading books you can count the wise philosophers of the past as friends |
談古論今 谈古论今 see styles |
tán gǔ lùn jīn tan2 gu3 lun4 jin1 t`an ku lun chin tan ku lun chin |
to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom); to chat freely; to discuss everything |
貴古賤今 贵古贱今 see styles |
guì gǔ jiàn jīn gui4 gu3 jian4 jin1 kuei ku chien chin |
to revere the past and despise the present (idiom) |
貴遠賤近 贵远贱近 see styles |
guì yuǎn jiàn jìn gui4 yuan3 jian4 jin4 kuei yüan chien chin |
to revere the past and despise the present (idiom) |
過ぎた事 see styles |
sugitakoto すぎたこと |
(exp,n) bygones; the past; past event |
重蹈覆轍 重蹈覆辙 see styles |
chóng dǎo fù zhé chong2 dao3 fu4 zhe2 ch`ung tao fu che chung tao fu che |
lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom); fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past; to repeat a disastrous mistake |
鑒往知來 鉴往知来 see styles |
jiàn wǎng zhī lái jian4 wang3 zhi1 lai2 chien wang chih lai |
to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come |
雪泥鴻爪 雪泥鸿爪 see styles |
xuě ní hóng zhǎo xue3 ni2 hong2 zhao3 hsüeh ni hung chao |
a goose's footprint in the snow; vestiges of the past (idiom); the fleeting nature of human life (idiom) |
ましなんだ see styles |
mashinanda ましなんだ |
(expression) (polite language) (archaism) suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense |
ませなんだ see styles |
masenanda ませなんだ |
(expression) (polite language) (archaism) suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense |
三世三千佛 see styles |
sān shì sān qiān fó san1 shi4 san1 qian1 fo2 san shih san ch`ien fo san shih san chien fo sanze sanzen butsu |
The thousand Buddhas of each of the three kalpas — of the past, called 莊嚴 kalpa, the present 賢, and the future 星宿. Their names are variously given in several sutra, with a complete list in the 三手佛名經. |
今になって see styles |
imaninatte いまになって |
(adv,exp) at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past) |
優良運転者 see styles |
yuuryouuntensha / yuryountensha ゆうりょううんてんしゃ |
excellent driver; model driver; driver license holder who has not been involved in an accident for the past 5 years; receives preferential treatment when renewing their license |
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moto もと |
(adj-no,n-pref) (1) former; ex-; past; one-time; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) earlier times; the past; previous state; (n,adv) (3) formerly; previously; originally; before |
十八不共法 see styles |
shí bā bù gòng fǎ shi2 ba1 bu4 gong4 fa3 shih pa pu kung fa jūhachi fugū hō |
the eighteen distinctive characteristics as defined by Hīnayāna are his 十力, 四無畏, 三念住 and his 大悲; the Mahāyāna eighteen are perfection of body; of speech; of memory; impartiality or universality; ever in samādhi; entre self-abnegation; never diminishing will (to save); zeal; thought; wisdom; salvation; insight into salvation; deeds and mind accordant with wisdom; also his speech; also his mind; omniscience in regard to the past; also to the present; and to the future.; āveṇikadharma, or buddhadharma, the eighteen different characteristics of a Buddha as compared with bodhisattvas, i.e. his perfection of body (or person), mouth (or speech), memory, impartiality to all, serenity, self-sacrifice, unceasing desire to save, unfagging zeal therein unfailing thought thereto, wisdom in it, powers of deliverance, the principles of it, revealing perfect wisdom in deed, in word, in thought, perfect knowledge of past, future, and present, v. 智度論 26. |
吹っきれる see styles |
fukkireru ふっきれる |
(v1,vi) (1) to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); (2) to burst (e.g. a boil) |
吹っ切れる see styles |
fukkireru ふっきれる |
(v1,vi) (1) to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); (2) to burst (e.g. a boil) |
已今當往生 已今当往生 see styles |
yǐ jīn dāng wǎng shēng yi3 jin1 dang1 wang3 sheng1 i chin tang wang sheng ikintō ōjō |
Those born into the 'future life, ' (of the Pure Land) in the past, in the present, and to be born in the future. |
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houfutsu / hofutsu ほうふつ |
(n,vs,adj-t,adv-to) (1) (usu. as 〜を彷彿とさせる) (bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); (adv-to,adj-t) (2) dim; faint; vague; blurred |
正法明如來 正法明如来 see styles |
zhèng fǎ míng rú lái zheng4 fa3 ming2 ru2 lai2 cheng fa ming ju lai shōhōmyō nyorai |
The Tathāgata who clearly understands the true law, i. e. Guanyin, who attained Buddhahood in the past. |
溫故而知新 温故而知新 see styles |
wēn gù ér zhī xīn wen1 gu4 er2 zhi1 xin1 wen ku erh chih hsin |
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects); to recall the past to understand the future |
過ぎこし方 see styles |
sugikoshikata すぎこしかた |
(expression) (1) the past; bygone days (years, age, etc.); (2) the course (route) one has come by; the direction one came from |
過ぎたこと see styles |
sugitakoto すぎたこと |
(exp,n) bygones; the past; past event |
過ぎ来し方 see styles |
sugikoshikata すぎこしかた |
(expression) (1) the past; bygone days (years, age, etc.); (2) the course (route) one has come by; the direction one came from |
過去の遺産 see styles |
kakonoisan かこのいさん |
(expression) legacy of the past |
過去は過去 see styles |
kakohakako かこはかこ |
(expression) the past is the past; let bygones be bygones |
ゴールド免許 see styles |
goorudomenkyo ゴールドめんきょ |
gold driver's license; driver's license awarded to drivers who haven't been in an accident in the past 5 years |
ませんかった see styles |
masenkatta ませんかった |
(expression) (polite language) (archaism) suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense |
ませんだった see styles |
masendatta ませんだった |
(expression) (polite language) (archaism) suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense |
ませんでした see styles |
masendeshita ませんでした |
(expression) (polite language) (See ません) suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense |
三世心不可得 see styles |
sān shì xīn bù kě dé san1 shi4 xin1 bu4 ke3 de2 san shih hsin pu k`o te san shih hsin pu ko te sanze shin fukatoku |
The mind or thought, past, present, future, cannot be held fast; the past is gone, the future not arrived, the present does not stay. |
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futamukashi ふたむかし |
(See 一昔) way in the past; two (or so) decades (ago) |
既往は咎めず see styles |
kiouhatogamezu / kiohatogamezu きおうはとがめず |
(expression) (proverb) don't dwell on the past; let bygones be bygones |
昔とった杵柄 see styles |
mukashitottakinezuka むかしとったきねづか |
(expression) skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past; you never forget your own trade |
昔は昔今は今 see styles |
mukashihamukashiimahaima / mukashihamukashimahaima むかしはむかしいまはいま |
(expression) (proverb) let bygones be bygones; the past is the past, the present is the present |
昔を懐かしむ see styles |
mukashionatsukashimu むかしをなつかしむ |
(exp,v5m) to view the past with nostalgia |
昔取った杵柄 see styles |
mukashitottakinezuka むかしとったきねづか |
(expression) skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past; you never forget your own trade |
此方(rK) see styles |
konata; konta(ok) こなた; こんた(ok) |
(1) (こなた only) (kana only) (See こちら・1) this way; here; (2) (こなた only) (kana only) the person in question; he; she; him; her; (3) (こなた only) since (a time in the past); prior to (a time in the future); (pronoun) (4) (こなた only) me; (pronoun) (5) (kana only) you |
過ぎこしかた see styles |
sugikoshikata すぎこしかた |
(expression) (1) the past; bygone days (years, age, etc.); (2) the course (route) one has come by; the direction one came from |
優良ドライバー see styles |
yuuryoudoraibaa / yuryodoraiba ゆうりょうドライバー |
excellent driver; model driver; driver license holder who has not been involved in an accident for the past 5 years; receives preferential treatment when renewing their license |
好馬不吃回頭草 好马不吃回头草 see styles |
hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo hao3 ma3 bu4 chi1 hui2 tou2 cao3 hao ma pu ch`ih hui t`ou ts`ao hao ma pu chih hui tou tsao |
lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom); fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc); leave the past behind |
現在是過去鑰匙 现在是过去钥匙 see styles |
xiàn zài shì guò qu yào shi xian4 zai4 shi4 guo4 qu5 yao4 shi5 hsien tsai shih kuo ch`ü yao shih hsien tsai shih kuo chü yao shih |
Today is the key to the past. |
過去の物になる see styles |
kakonomononinaru かこのものになる |
(exp,v5r) to become a thing of the past |
過去のものになる see styles |
kakonomononinaru かこのものになる |
(exp,v5r) to become a thing of the past |
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oujiboubou / ojibobo おうじぼうぼう |
(adj-t,adv-to) (archaism) (yoji) (See 往事渺茫) memories of the past events (being, becoming) far and distant |
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tte(p); te(p) って(P); て(P) |
(particle) (1) (casual quoting particle) (See と・4) you said; he said; she said; they said; (particle) (2) (after a verb in the past tense) (See たって・1) even if; (particle) (3) (as in かって; indicates a satirical or rhetorical question) do you seriously think that; (particle) (4) (indicates certainty, insistence, emphasis, etc.) I already told you; you should know by now that; of course; (particle) (5) (abbr. of という) the said ...; said ...; (particle) (6) (abbr. of と言っている) says that ...; (particle) (7) (abbr. of と聞いている) I hear that ...; (particle) (8) (abbr. of とは, というのは) as for the term ...; (particle) (9) (equiv. of は topic marker) as for ... |
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sugitakoto すぎたこと |
(exp,n) bygones; the past; past event |
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fukkireru ふっきれる |
(v1,vi) (1) to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to put behind one; to move on; (v1,vi) (2) to burst (e.g. a boil) |
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hitotoki(p); ittoki(一時) ひととき(P); いっとき(一時) |
(1) (kana only) a (short) time; a while; moment; (n,adv) (2) (kana only) one time (in the past); a period; former times; (3) (archaism) two-hour period |
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izen いぜん |
(suffix noun) (1) before; prior to; ago; (n,adv) (2) the past; before; previously; former times |
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mukashinagara むかしながら |
(adj-no,adv) unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional |
一河の流れを汲むも他生の縁 see styles |
ichiganonagareokumumotashounoen / ichiganonagareokumumotashonoen いちがのながれをくむもたしょうのえん |
(expression) (proverb) (See 一樹の陰一河の流れも他生の縁・いちじゅのかげいちがのながれもたしょうのえん) the events of today are destined by the past; even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life; even chance relationships can be attributed to the working of fate |
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mukashitottakinezuka むかしとったきねづか |
(exp,n) (idiom) skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past |
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onkochishin おんこちしん |
(yoji) developing new ideas based on study of the past; learning from the past |
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onkochishin おんこちしん |
(yoji) developing new ideas based on study of the past; learning from the past |
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kaerimiru かえりみる |
(transitive verb) (1) (See 省みる・かえりみる) to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to reminisce about; (transitive verb) (2) to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to look over one's shoulder; (transitive verb) (3) (usu. in the negative) to consider; to concern oneself about; to take notice of; to pay attention to; to take into consideration |
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mukashihamukashiimahaima / mukashihamukashimahaima むかしはむかしいまはいま |
(expression) (proverb) let bygones be bygones; the past is the past, the present is the present |
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itsunokorokaraka いつのころからか |
(expression) at some point in the past; at some stage |
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kakonomononinaru かこのものになる |
(exp,v5r) to become a thing of the past |
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kotoganai ことがない |
(exp,adj-i) (1) (kana only) (after the past tense form of a verb) (something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; (exp,adj-i) (2) (kana only) never happens; there is never a time when |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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