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無かったことにするなかった事にする無かった事にする
なかったことにする
1. [exp,vs-i] [uk]
▶ to forget something ever existed
▶ to pretend something didn't happen
▶ to put something behind one
▶ to forgive (something)

Conjugations


History:
7. A 2021-07-11 11:51:15  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
6. A* 2021-07-11 07:22:58 
  Comments:
i feel "to pretend something never happened" 
can have a pretty negative nuance in English, 
while in Japanese there's more a sense or 
kindness, of forgiving, of not dwelling on it
  Diff:
@@ -21,0 +22,2 @@
+<gloss>to put something behind one</gloss>
+<gloss>to forgive (something)</gloss>
5. A 2017-02-24 11:21:36  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2017-02-23 18:03:24  luce
  Diff:
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<pos>&vs-i;</pos>
3. A* 2017-02-23 09:40:16  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
G n-grams:
無かったことにする	 7569
なかった事にする	 5056
無かった事にする	 3290
なかったことにする	28249
  Diff:
@@ -3,0 +4,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>無かったことにする</keb>
+</k_ele>
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