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# Amounts of frequency

## Never

### 決して～ない

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	<p class="iright">消して + </p>
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	<p><span class="box">V (ない)</span></p>
	<p><span class="box">い-Adj <strike>い</strike> くない</span></p>
	<p><span class="box">な-Adj + ではない</span></p>
	<p><span class="box">N + ではない</span></p>
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{決|け}して~ない means "never". Used with negative verbs.

> [!info] Examples
> 私は==決して=={夢|ゆめ}を{覚|おぼ}えません。
> I never remember my dreams.

## Rarely

### めったに～ない

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	<p class="r">めったに + </p>
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	<p><span class="box">V (ない)</span></p>
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	<p><span class="box">N + は</span></p>
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	<p class="r">+ めったに</p>
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Means "hardly", "rarely". Used with negative verbs.

> [!info] Examples
> {車|くるま}は==めったに=={運転|うんてん}し==ません==。
> I rarely drive a car.

### あまり

Means "rarely".
Used with negative verbs.

> [!info] Examples
> {最近|さいきん}{絵|え}を==あまり=={書|か}けない。
> I haven't been able to draw much lately.

## Unlikely

### そうもない・そうにない

Means that an action is very unlikely.
Made by removing ます from a verb and adding そうもない・そうにない.

> [!info] Examples
> コロナので{今年|ことし}も{旅行|りょこう}し==そうもない==。
> Because of COVID19, it's unlikely I'll travel again this year.

## Sometimes

### たまに

Means "occasionally", "once in a while".

> [!info] Examples
> {彼女|かのじょ}は{抹茶|まっちゃ}を==たまに=={飲|の}む。
> She occasionally drinks matcha.

### 時々

{時々|ときどき} means "sometimes".

> [!info] Examples
> ==時々=={遊園地|ゆうえんち}に{行|い}く。
> I sometimes go to amusement parks.

## Often

### 度々

{度々|たびたび} means "often", "frequently".

> [!info] Examples
> {私|わたし}の{彼女|かのじょ}は==度々=={遅|おく}れてきます。
> My girlfriend is often late.

### よく

Means "often".

> [!info] Examples
> {最近|さいきん}、{数学|すうがく}の{練習|れんしゅう}{問題|もんだい}を==よく==やっています。
> I have been doing a lot of math exercises lately.

## Always

### いつも

Means "always", "every time".

> [!info] Examples
> {夏|なつ}の{時|とき}==いつも==アイスクリームを食べます。
> I always eat ice cream in the summer.

### ずっと

Means "always", "continuously".

> [!info] Examples
> {蛇|へび}が==ずっと=={好|す}きだった。
> I've always loved snakes.

### たものだ

Used to talk about a past situation where something used to frequently occur.
Used with a verb in the past tense (た) by adding ものだ.

> [!info] Examples
> {子供|こども}のころはいつも{森|もり}で{遊|あそ}==んだものだ==。
> I always played in the woods when I was a kid.