modality N2 uncommon casualpolitewritten
ないことも／はない — it is not that ~ never (happens)
ないことも／はない
Builds on こと
Meaning
- it's not that ~ never happens / it's not that ~ at all — the は-marked form of the ないこともない hedge, with slightly firmer emphasis
Key sentence
外食しないことはないが、たいていは家で食べる。
It's not that I never eat out, but I usually eat at home.
Easily confused with
Notes
- Redirect: the も／は variants of [[nai-koto-mo-nai]] — same meaning, taught there.
See ないことも／はない in real sentences
Jengo shows ないことも／はない the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar. Editorial confidence: medium.