# Amounts of frequency

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| **English**       | **Japanese** |
| ----------------- | ------------ |
| Usually           | たいてい         |
| sometimes         | ときどき         |
| occasionally      | たまに          |
| not very often    | あまり          |
| never, not at all | ぜんぜん         |
| always            | いつも          |
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## Never

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ぜんぜん?
{絶対|ぜったい}に?

### 決して～ない

<div class="usage">
	<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".

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

### とても～ない

Means "cannot". This form implies a strong impossibility. Used with negative verbs, often in potential form.

> [!info] Examples
> {苦|にが}い{食|たべ}べ{物|もの}は==とても==食べられ==ない==。
> I cannot eat bitter food.

## Rarely

### めったに～ない (5%)

<div class="usage">
	<p class="r">めったに + </p>
<div class="">
	<p><span class="box">V (ない)</span></p>
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<div class="usage">
<div class="">
	<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".

> [!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 (30%)

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negative.

### 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

### 時々

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ときどき

## Usually

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づつう
ふだん

## Often

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よく
しょっちゅう
たびたび

### 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.

## Always

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いつも