Verbる こと なし に

Verb-ru koto nashi ni

JLPT N1 Very formal, literary Chapter 143: Without doing, without meaning to, 3 of 12

Formation

Verb-dictionary form + ことなしに

Used to express 'without doing something'.

When to use

ことなしに: without doing, and it cannot happen otherwise (formal).

Explanation

Verbることなしに indicates doing something else 'without' performing the stated action. It can imply skipping or omitting the verb action entirely.

Example sentences

Without X (Cannot Do Without)

Corpus examples (2)