二に度どと

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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.

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Usage patterns

二に度どと〈動どう詞し〉ないnever to do something again
彼かれにはもう二に度どと会あわない。
I will never see him again.
二に度どと〈場ば所しょ〉に行いかないto never go to a place again
あの店みせには二に度どと行いかない。
I will never go to that shop again.
二に度どと〈事こと〉を繰くり返かえさないto never repeat something again
同おなじ間ま違ちがいを二に度どと繰くり返かえさない。
I will never repeat the same mistake again.
二に度どとごめんだto never want to go through something again
あんな失しっ敗ぱいは二に度どとごめんだ。
I never want to make that kind of mistake again.

Kanji

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

Related words

決けっしてN4
決して〜ない is a general emphatic 'never' used for any negative statement, while 二度と〜ない specifically stresses that something will not happen a second time.
絶ぜっ対たいにN3
絶対に〜ない means 'absolutely not' and applies broadly to any denial, whereas 二度と〜ない focuses narrowly on non-repetition of a past event.

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.

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'.