JLPT N3 Grammar

Grammar form · 文法形式の判断

Choose the correct expression for the blank.

彼は五年前に国を出た（　　）、一度も帰っていない。

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訳 · Translation

He left the country five years ago and hasn't been back once since.

正解 · Answer

きり

解説 · Why

〜たきり means nothing has happened since that point: 出たきり帰っていない.

誤答 · Why the other options are wrong

とたんに — とたんに marks an immediate consequence.

ながら — ながら means "while doing".

うちに — うちに means "while".

語彙 · Breakdown

〜たきり—and that was the last of it

一度も〜ないいちどもnot even once

例文 · Example

朝出かけたきり帰ってこない。

Asa dekaketa kiri kaette konai.

He went out in the morning and has not come back.

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