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Amounts of frequency

Never

🛠 ぜんぜん? {絶対|ぜったい}に?

決して～ない

消して +

V (ない)

い-Adj い くない

な-Adj + ではない

N + ではない

{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%)

めったに +

V (ない)

N + は

+ めったに

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%)

🛠 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

🛠 ときどき たまに

Usually

🛠 づつう ふだん

Often

🛠 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

🛠 いつも