〜ことはない
JLPT N3:there's no need to
"There's no need to…": reassures someone that something is unnecessary.
How to form it
- Put the verb in the dictionary form and add ことはない: 心配することはない. The polite form is ことはありません.
- It often comes with そんなに or わざわざ (go to the trouble): わざわざ来ることはない (there's no need to come all this way).
Examples
そんなに心配することはない。
There's no need to worry so much.
急ぐことはありません。
There's no need to hurry.
Common mistakes
Similar meaning
- 〜なくてもいいdon't have to
"Don't have to": plainer, without the reassuring tone.
Same form, different meaning
- 〜ないことはないit's not that (I) can't
ないことはない: "it's not that…can't".