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Grammar list

ことに

(Kotoni wa)

unless / without doing (X, can't do Y).

Connection rules

  • V ない + ことには + negative / inability main clause.
  • Unless — stronger conditional tied to necessity.
  • Main clause must be negative or expressing inability.

Examples

1.
実際じっさいないことからない

Jissai ni mi te mi nai koto ni wa, wakara nai.

Unless I actually see it, I can't tell.

unless / without doing (X, can't do Y)

2.
かねないこと生活せいかつできない

Okane ga nai koto ni wa, seikatsu ga deki nai.

Without money, I can't live.

unless / without doing (X, can't do Y)

Practice

Unless I try meeting them, I won't know if they are a good person or not.

実際に___、いい人かどうか分からない。

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