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JLPT N2 Grammar

つもりではなかった

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N2 · Purpose · verb辞书形 + つもりではなかった / noun + のつもりではなかった

did not mean to; had not intended to

verb辞书形 + つもりではなかった / noun + のつもりではなかった

Used after something has happened to stress that it was not the speaker's original intention.

Common when explaining an unintended remark, disclosure, offense, delay, or similar action.

秘密を話すつもりではなかったが、つい口に出てしまった。

I did not mean to reveal the secret, but it slipped out.

This is not just the past of 'intend'; it stresses that the action was not what the speaker meant to do.

つい often pairs naturally with つもりではなかった to show an unintended action.

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