どこにも + Verb + ません
doko ni mo + Verb + masen
JLPT N5 Polite
Formation
どこにも + Verb-negative
Express 'not anywhere' or 'nowhere' with a negative verb.
When to use
'Nowhere': どこにも + a negative verb (どこにも行きません). With an affirmative, どこでも.
Explanation
The どこにも~ません grammar point is used to express that something doesn't exist, appear, or happen anywhere. It means 'not anywhere' or 'nowhere' when used with a negative verb. The formation is quite simple as you just need to add どこにも before the negative verb.
Example sentences
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The cat is not anywhere.
Doko ni mo ano neko ga imasen.
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I didn't put the money anywhere.
Doko ni mo okane wo oiteimasen.
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There are no delicious ramen shops anywhere in this town.
Kono machi ni wa doko ni mo oishii raamenya ga arimasen.
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Her name is not written anywhere.
Doko ni mo kanojo no namae ga kaiteimasen.
Other forms
Where (Somewhere / Anywhere / Nowhere)
Corpus examples (47)
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I can't drive anywhere because my car's out of gas.
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There isn't anywhere else to park.
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Things like grammars that can be called absolutely correct do not exist anywhere.
そして、つい先日迄、暗い感じだったのに、どこにもかしこにも花、花、花。
Then, although it was dreary up to the other day, everywhere were flowers, flowers, flowers.
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I won't go anywhere without you.
驚いたことに彼女の姿がどこにも見あたらなかったので1人で家に帰ったのかと彼は思った。
To his surprise, she was nowhere in sight, and he wondered if she had returned home alone.
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Tom never goes anywhere by himself.
現在は過去と未来との間に劃した一線である。此線の上に生活がなくては、生活はどこにもないのである。
The present is the line drawn between past and future. If there is not life on this line, then there is no life anywhere.
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It's been raining heavily since this morning, so I don't want to go anywhere.
神は無限の球である。その中心は到るところにあり、その円周はどこにもない。
God is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and circumference is nowhere.
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I have been nowhere this summer.
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I didn't go out at all because you told me not to.
霊はこの世のどこにもいらっしゃいます。この学園はお社の跡地に作られていますので、特にお集まりになる傾向があります。
Spirits are to be found all over the world. This school was built upon the site of a shrine and thus there is a particular tendency for them to gather.
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My briefcase was nowhere to be found.
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Curious to say, I didn't find it anywhere.
ここから逃げたって同じ、死刑囚はどこにも居るし誰もが犠牲者。
It's the same wherever you try and escape: everywhere is a death row, and everyone's a victim.
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I look around but it's you I can't replace.
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His wife was nowhere in evidence.
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Tom was nowhere to be seen.
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The document was nowhere to be found.
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The ring couldn't be found anywhere.
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The key was nowhere to be found.
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We're not going anywhere today.
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I can't find my umbrella anywhere.
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I can't find my umbrella anywhere.