〜このかた

Formation

N2TimeFormal/Stiff
Te-Form
Verb
Dict. Form
Noun
このかた

Meaning

Indicates that a situation has continued uninterrupted from a certain point in the past until the present.

Examples

生まれてこのかた、一度も病気をしたことがない。

Ever since I was born, I have never been sick once.

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