If you don't A; the condition B will remain the same.
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食べてみないことにはおいしいかどうか分からない!
I won't know if it's delicious unless I try it.
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前のページを読まないことには、このページが理解できない。
Until you read that page, you won't understand this page.
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失敗は怖いですが、やらないことには成功もできない。
Failure is terrifying, but if you don't try, you will never succeed.
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今回のプロジェクトは皆で協力しないことには上手く行かないよ。
If we don't all work together on the project this time, it won't go well.
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まことまじま
Level: 432
(3 years ago)
Unless something is done or occurs, event following will not happen. Negatives are used in clause following. Often expresses the speaker's passive feelings
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