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JLPT N1 Grammar

ためしがない

N1経験否定

N1 · 経験否定 · ta-form verb + ためしがない

has never happened; no precedent

ta-form verb + ためしがない

Shows that based on past experience, something has never happened.

Often carries criticism, disappointment, or strong assertion.

彼は約束の時間に来たためしがない。

He has never once arrived at the promised time.

Do not use it for a single non-occurrence; it emphasizes no such example in the past.

Look through the past, and not one example can be found.

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