二に度どと

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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adverb

Always used with a negative verb form to express that something will not happen a second time. Stronger and more emphatic than a simple negative.

あんな怖こわい思おもいは二に度どとしたくない。
I never want to go through such a scary experience again.
彼かれは二に度どと戻もどってこなかった。
He never came back again.

Written forms

二に度どと
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
２に度どと
Numerical variant; seen in casual or digital writing.
二にどと
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; uncommon.

Kanji

二two, two radical (no. 7)
度degrees, occurrence, time

Similar words

二に度ど
二度 means 'twice' or 'second time' and can be used in positive or negative sentences. 二度と is a fixed adverbial phrase that only appears with negatives, meaning 'never again'.
もう
もう with a negative can mean 'no longer' or 'not anymore', but 二度と emphasizes that the action will not be repeated even once more.

Etymology

Compound of 二度 (twice, second time) and the particle と, which here functions as an adverbial marker. The combination with a following negative creates the meaning 'not even a second time' → 'never again'.