事が無い

Reading

Kana: ことがない

Romaji: kotoganai

Definitions

exp

adj-i

1

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened

Note: after the past tense form of a verb

Note: word usually written using kana alone

2

never happens; there is never a time when

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

無

Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い

Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

Example Sentence

これまでの人生(じんせい)で一(いち)度(ど)もレストランで食事(しょくじ)をしたことがない、という老人(ろうじん)に出会(であ)った。

➥I met an old man who says that he's never eaten at a restaurant in his whole life.